Woodlawn Garden of Memories Cemetery

Woodlawn Garden of Memories Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	1101 Antoine Houston, Texas
Coordinates	29°47′18″N95°28′41″W / 29.78833°N 95.47806°W / 29.78833; -95.47806
Area	34.8 acres (14.1 ha)
Built	1931
Architect	Dionicio Rodriguez
Architectural style	Faux vois Sculpture
MPS	Sculpture by Dionicio Rodriguez in Texas MPS
NRHP reference No.	04001174 [1]
Added to NRHP	October 22, 2004

The Woodlawn Garden of Memories is a cemetery in Houston, Texas which is included in the National Register of Historic Places. NRHP lists Dionicio Rodriguez as the cemetery's architect. ^[2]

Notable burials

• Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Peña (1977 & 1978 – both died 1993), murder victims
• Chloe Jones (1975–2005), pornographic actress
• Marvin Zindler (1921–2007), TV reporter

Further reading

• Light, Patsy Pittman (2008). Capturing Nature: The Cement Sculpture of Dionicio Rodriguez. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN   978-1-58544-610-0.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "Woodlawn Garden of Memories". Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved September 11, 2012.

External links

Media related to Woodlawn Cemetery (Houston, Texas) at Wikimedia Commons