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] In 2007, the Nebraska Holocaust Memorial was established at Wyuka Cemetery. [3] [4]

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. [5] 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. [5] Wyuka Cemetery has since expanded to over 140 acres between “O” Street and Vine Street. [6]

The iron fence surrounding the cemetery was originally erected around the University of Nebraska-Lincoln City Campus. [7] 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. [7]

Wyuka Cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 and is considered a prime example of the rural cemetery form. [8]

In 2025, the mural from Pershing Center was installed on the cemetery grounds. [9]

Notable interments

References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ Zenner, W.P. (1988) Persistence and flexibility: anthropological perspectives on the American Jewish experience. SUNY Press. p. 245.
  3. ↑ "Institute for Holocaust Education - News from the IHE - Nebraska Holocaust Memorial and Institute for Holocaust Education". ihene.org. Archived from the original on March 15, 2013. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
  4. ↑ "NE Holocaust Memorial". www.holocausteducationfund. Archived from the original on September 11, 2011. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Zimmer, Ed. (2009). "Wyuka Cemetery: A Driving & Walking Tour". Nebraska State Historical Society. [ usurped ] Retrieved July 9, 2022
  6. ↑ Wyuka Funeral Home & Cemetery (July 9, 2022). "History". Wyuka Funeral Home & Cemetery. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  7. 1 2 University of Nebraska-Lincoln (July 9, 2022). "UNL Historic Buildings – Iron Fence". UNL Historic Buildings. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  8. ↑ National Register of Historic Places (July 19, 1982). "Nebraska SP Wyuka Cemetery". National Archives Catalog. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  9. ↑ Porter, Chase. "Pershing Mural Revival Project Begins Laying Foundation in Wyuka Park". KLIN - News/Talk 1400. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Hazel Abel". NebraskaGravestones.org. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
  11. ↑ Ryerson, Matt (March 15, 2016). "Hazel Abel". JournalStar.com.
  12. ↑ "Victor Emanuel Anderson". January 3, 2019.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 Thomas E. Spencer (1998). Where They're Buried, p. 422, ISBN   0806348232
  14. ↑ "InterLinc: City of Lincoln: Mayor's Office: Past Mayors of Lincoln, NE". lincoln.ne.gov. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  15. ↑ "Bioguide Search". bioguide.congress.gov.
  16. ↑ Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN   0804736413. p. 177.
  17. ↑ "Emily M. J. Cooley, died at Blair, Nebraska, 26 Nov 1917. Interment, Wyuka Cemetery". Lincoln Journal Star. November 27, 1917. p. 12. Retrieved December 29, 2023– via Newspapers.com.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  18. ↑ "Copeland, Oren Sturman". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  19. ↑ Ryerson, Matt (March 15, 2016). "J.James Exon". JournalStar.com.
  20. ↑ "Hainer, Eugene Jerome". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  21. ↑ Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. #7296. ISBN   978-0786479924. OCLC   948561021.
  22. ↑ "Laws, Gilbert Lafayette". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  23. ↑ Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. #7977. ISBN   978-0786479924. OCLC   948561021.
  24. ↑ "Marquett, Turner Mastin". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  25. ↑ "Albinus Nance". January 3, 2019.
  26. ↑ "Pound". Lincoln Journal Star . July 1, 1958. p. 20. Retrieved June 27, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  27. ↑ Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. #12066. ISBN   978-0786479924. OCLC   948561021.
  28. ↑ Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. #'s12040/12041. ISBN   978-0786479924. OCLC   948561021.
  29. ↑ "Connell, William James". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  30. ↑ "Thorpe, Roy Henry". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved June 27, 2021.
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