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Hollywood Cemetery
412
South Cherry Street
Located
next to Oregon Hill, Hollywood Cemetery was laid out by John Notman
in 1848. Notman, who designed the landscape around Capitol Square,
created Hollywood Cemetery in much the same style. Both spaces
are designed in the park-like, pastoral and romantic Victorian
style. The Cemetery is the final resting place of over 75,000
people including many notable Virginians such as Presidents James
Monroe and John Tyler, General J. E. B. Stuart, and writer Ellen
Glasgow as well as Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate
States. Also buried here are the remains of over 18,000 Condederate
dead. The cemetery takes its name from the groves of holly trees
on the grounds. A map of cemetery highlights is available at the
cemetery entrance. An easy way to see the following sites is to
take a driving tour through the cemetery and follow the blue line
painted on the road.
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Hollywood
Cemetery Entrance
Superintendent's House, 1894
Queen Anne. Wirt Chesterman designed this house
to replace an older structure used by the cemetery superintendent.
The house was built for $4,000. It was slated for demolition
after it had fallen into disrepair. Historic Richmond Foundation
facilitated the renovation of the building by finding a
developer and lending money for the restoration. It has
been converted into apartments. Private residences. |
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on Confederate Avenue
Confederate Monument, 1869
This
monument was created by the efforts of the women of the
Hollywood Memorial Association. Not content merely to tend
the graves of the Confederate dead, the women decided to
raise money to erect a monument. A successful two-week bazaar
raised over $18,000 in 1867. Charles Dimmock’s design
is a dry stone pyramid made of James River granite. It took
nearly a year to build and is ninety feet tall. 18,000 Confederate
dead are buried around its base. |
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Presidents'
Circle
Tomb of President James Monroe
Buried in 1859
The
remains of President Monroe were moved from New York back
to his native Virginia in 1858. The cast-iron monument,
selected by Governor Henry Wise and designed by Albert Lybrock,
was placed over Monroe’s grave in 1859. Critics called
the monument the “bird cage.” It is, however,
one of the finest ornamental pieces of cast-iron in the
country. It was made by a Philadelphia ironworks and stands
over twelve feet tall. |
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(left)
President Jefferson Davis' tomb
(right) President John Tyler's tomb |
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(left)
"Iron Dog"; a splendid example of Richmond cast-iron
work. This statue "watches over" a grave.
(right) Ginter Mausoleum |
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Historic Richmond Foundation - The William Byrd Branch of APVA
Preservation Virginia
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