Wyuka Cemetery

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Wyuka Cemetery
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Graves along brick-paved road in southeastern portion of Wyuka Cemetery
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Location3600 O St., Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
Coordinates 40°49′1″N96°39′54″W / 40.81694°N 96.66500°W / 40.81694; -96.66500
Area124 acres (50 ha)
Built1869
ArchitectHawkins, J.H.W.; Lamoreaux, L.A.
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No. 82003198 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 19, 1982

Wyuka Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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In 1890, Lincoln's Bnai Jeshurun Congregation, a Reform congregation, began using a section of Wyuka. [2]

History

Wyuka Cemetery was established in Lincoln, Nebraska, by an act of the Nebraska Legislature in 1869, which sought to provide a cemetery for the state capital city founded two years prior. [3] The trustees rejected the first cemetery site along Salt Creek to the west of Lincoln due to flooding concerns and instead purchased 80 acres of land east of the city. [3] Wyuka Cemetery has since expanded to over 140 acres between “O” Street and Vine Street. [4]

The iron fence surrounding the cemetery was originally erected around the University of Nebraska-Lincoln City Campus. [5] The Board of Regents authorized the construction of the fence in 1891, and the fence enclosed the original campus until 1925 when it was removed due to safety concerns because fire engines could not pass through the width of the gates. [5]

Wyuka Cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 and is considered a prime example of the rural cemetery form. [6]

Notable interments

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  2. ↑ Zenner, W.P. (1988) Persistence and flexibility: anthropological perspectives on the American Jewish experience. SUNY Press. p. 245.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Zimmer, Ed. (2009). "Wyuka Cemetery: A Driving & Walking Tour". Nebraska State Historical Society. [usurped] Retrieved July 9, 2022
  4. ↑ Wyuka Funeral Home & Cemetery (July 9, 2022). "History". Wyuka Funeral Home & Cemetery. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  5. 1 2 University of Nebraska-Lincoln (July 9, 2022). "UNL Historic Buildings – Iron Fence". UNL Historic Buildings. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
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  9. ↑ "Victor Emanuel Anderson".
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 Thomas E. Spencer (1998). Where They're Buried, p. 422, ISBN   0806348232
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  12. ↑ "Bioguide Search". bioguide.congress.gov.
  13. ↑ Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN   0804736413. p. 177.
  14. ↑ "Emily M. J. Cooley, died at Blair, Nebraska, 26 Nov 1917. Interment, Wyuka Cemetery". Lincoln Journal Star. 27 November 1917. p. 12. Retrieved 29 December 2023– via Newspapers.com.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
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