Allegheny Cemetery
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Allegheny Cemetery is one of the largest and oldest burial grounds in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is a historic rural cemetery.[4]
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Allegheny Cemetery | |
Location | Roughly bounded by N. Mathilda and Butler Sts., and Penn, Stanton, and Mossfield Aves., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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Coordinates | 40°28′21″N 79°57′00″W |
Area | 300 acres (120 ha) |
Built | 1844 |
Architect | Chislett, John; Multiple |
Architectural style | Late Victorian, Tudor Revival, English Gothic |
Part of | Lawrenceville Historic District[1] (ID100004020) |
NRHP reference No. | 80003405 [2] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | December 10, 1980 |
Designated CP | July 8, 2019 |
Designated PHLF | 1988[3] |
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The non-sectarian, wooded hillside park is located at 4734 Butler Street in the Lawrenceville neighborhood, and bounded by the Bloomfield, Garfield, and Stanton Heights areas. It is sited on the north-facing slope of hills above the Allegheny River.[5]
In 1973 the cemetery's Butler Street Gatehouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and, in 1980, the entire cemetery was listed on the National Register.[6]