Elmwood Cemetery (Detroit, Michigan)

Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan, is one of Michigan's most important historic cemeteries.

Conceived in 1846 and incorporated in 1849, Elmwood was Detroit's elite burial ground for almost a century.

The cemetery, located at 1200 Elmwood Street on Detroit's east side, consists of about 86 acres of landscaped grounds, redesigned in 1890 by Frederick Law Olmsted.

Some prominent burials

* Russell A. Alger, Michigan governor, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Secretary of War
* John Biddle, delegate to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory
* Lewis Cass, Michigan territorial governor
* Zachariah Chandler, U.S. Senator from Michigan
* Philip St. George Cooke, U.S. Civil War general
* Truman H. Newberry, businessman and U.S. Senator from Michigan
* John R. Williams, first Mayor of Detroit
* Coleman Young, Mayor of Detroit

Book

Michael S. Franck, Elmwood Endures: History of a Detroit Cemetery, Wayne State University Press, 1996 (ISBN 0814325912)

External links

* Elmwood Cemetery official site
* Findagrave: Famous burials in Elmwood
* Interment.net: Elmwood Cemetery
* Tales from the Crypts: Elmwood Cemetery stories (Detroit News)
* The Cemetery Project: Elmwood Cemetery
* Michigan Historical Markers: Elmwood Cemetery