Lakeview Cemetery

Founded in 1869, Lake View Cemetery sits on 285 acres (1.2 km²) of land and was modeled after the great garden cemeteries of Victorian era England and France. There are over 101,000 people buried at Lake View, with more than 700 burials each year. There are 70 acres (0.3 km²) remaining for future development. Anyone can be buried at Lake View, without regard to race, creed, religion or walk of life. Offering the beauty, serenity, selection, history, horticulture and architecture rarely found in other cemeteries.

Notable interrments

• Francis Payne Bolton, United States House of Representatives.
• John Davidson Rockefeller, millionaire oil baron and philanthropist.
• Raymond Johnson Chapman, baseball player, the Cleveland Indians. Chapman is the only Major League Baseball player to die of injuries sustained on the playing field during a game.
• Marcus A. Hanna, Cleveland Mayor and Republican Party boss.
• Adella Prentiss Hughes, founder of the Cleveland Orchestra.
• Elliot Ness, detective, investigator and Cleveland safety director best known for inspiring "The Untouchables" on television.
• John Milton Hay, former United States Secretary of State and aide to President Abraham Lincoln.
• Carl B. Stokes, Mayor of Cleveland. United States ambassador. The first African American elected Mayor of a major American city.
• Mantis James Van Sweringen, railroad baron, financier and co-founder of Shaker Heights, Ohio.
• Oris Paxton Van Sweringen, railroad baron, financier and co-founder of Shaker Heights, Ohio.
• Jeptha Wade, founder of Western Union Telegraph company

See also:

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• List of United States cemeteries
• List of famous cemeteries