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| image = MetCem1932Schoolchildren1.jpg
| caption = Monuments at Metairie Cemetery
| location = Junction of I-10 and Metairie Road, [[New Orleans]],
| coordinates = {{coord|29|59|9|N|90|7|4|W|display=inline,title}}
| built = 1872
| architect = [[Benjamin Morgan Harrod]]
| architecture = Italianate, Classical
| added = December 6, 1991
| refnum = 91001780<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2007a}}</ref>
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'''Metairie Cemetery'''
==History==
===Metairie Course===
====1838====
[[File:Metairie Race Course Announcement The Times Picayune Thu Mar 1 1838.jpg|thumb|left|Metairie Race Course Announcement ''The Times Picayune'' Thursday March 1, 1838]]
Before becoming a cemetery, the site, established on a high-and-dry ridge along Bayou Metairie (now Metairie Road),<ref>https://www.nola.com/300/from-horses-to-corpses-how-metairie-race-course-became-metairie-cemetery/article_4d8f567b-5039-5e52-88b7-9e6a4331925a.html</ref> was a [[horse racing]] track, founded in 1838 by Col. James Garrison and Richard Adams<ref>The Times-Picayune
01 Mar 1838, Thu ·Page 3</ref> who acquired the land from the [[Canal Bank and Trust|New Orleans Canal and Banking Company]]. Its first president was [[Alexander Barrow]] and board of governors included: George B. Mulligan, [[Thomas W. Chinn]], [[Balie Peyton]], [[Samuel Jarvis Peters]], Thomas J. Wells, George B. Ogden (President of [[New Orleans Canal and Banking Company]]), and Miner Kenner. [[File:Metairie Course Board of Governors The Times Picayune Thu Mar 29 1838.jpg|thumb|left|Metairie Course Board of Governors ''The Times Picayune'' March 29, 1838]]
====1839====
In 1848 Richard Ten Broeck, later part of the syndicate that purchased [[Lexington (horse)|Lexington]], bought the course from Bingaman and likewise established a joint-stock company, offically '''The Metairie Jockey Club.'''<ref>http://websitesneworleans.com/neworleansmaps/id124.html</ref> ▼
[[File:Spring 1839 Race Announcement Metairie Jockey Club Metairie Race Course New Orleans The Times Picayune Fri Mar 8 1839.jpg|thumb|Spring 1839 Race Announcement Metairie Jockey Club Metairie Race Course New Orleans ''The Times Picayune'' March 8, 1839]]
The Spring Meeting of [[The Metairie Jockey Club]] for 1839 over the Metairie Course commenced on Tuesday, March 26, and lasted for six days. The First Day of racing Sweepstakes for 3-year olds, 2 Mile Heats, Entrance Fee $1,000, Forfeit Fee $250, Nine Subscribers: Montfort Wells' ''Beeswing'', C.C.S. Farrar, D. Stephenson's ''Dublin'', [[Henry Augustine Tayloe|H.A. Tayloe]], Minor Kenner's ''Greydoc'', Ira Smith's ''Maria'', James S. Garrison's ''Altorf'', William R. Barrow's ''Picayune'', James Shy's ''Curculia''. Same Day, A match between the noted trotting horses ''Bird'' and ''Confidence'', 2-mile heats in harnesses for $6,000. Second Day, Wednesday, March 27, Jockey Club Purse $800, 2 Mile Heats. Same Day Sweepstakes for Gentlemen Riders, 2 Mile Heats, Entrance Fee $50, the proprietors to add a silver cup, value $300. Third Day, Jockey Club Purse $1,200, 3 Mile Heats. Fourth Day, Jockey Club Purse $2,000, 4 Mile Heats. Fifth Day, Jockey Club Purse $600, Mile Heats, best 3 in 5. Same Day, Sweepstakes for 2 Year Olds, Mile Heats, Entrance Fee $500, Forfeit Fee $150, seven subscribers:Montfort Wells, [[Adam Lewis Bingaman|A.L. Bingaman]], C.C.S. Farrar, W.J. Minor, Minor Kenner, W.R. Barrow, James Shy. Sixth Day, Proprietors Purse, $1,000, 3 Mile Heats. Same Day, Match between the celebrated trotting hosrse ''Pompeii'' and ''Rolla'', best 3 in 5, in harness for $1,000. P CENAS Secretary.<ref>https://www.newspapers.com/image/25544437/</ref>
====1848====
▲In 1848 Richard Ten Broeck, later part of the syndicate that purchased [[Lexington (horse)|Lexington]], bought the course
The race track was the site of the famous Lexington-Lecomte Race, April 1, 1854, billed as the "Great States" race. Former President [[Millard Fillmore]] attended. While racing was suspended because of the [[American Civil War]], it was used as a Confederate Camp ([[Camp Moore]]) until [[David Farragut]] took New Orleans for the Union in April 1862. Metairie Cemetery was built upon the grounds of the old Metairie Race Course after it went bankrupt.
===Conversion to a cemetery=== The race track, which was owned by the Metairie Jockey Club, refused membership to [[Charles T. Howard]], a local resident who had gained his wealth by starting the first [[Louisiana State Lottery Company|Louisiana State Lottery]]. After being refused membership, Howard vowed that the race course would become a cemetery. After the Civil War and Reconstruction, the track went bankrupt and Howard was able to see his curse come true. Today, Howard is buried in his tomb located on Central Avenue in the cemetery, which was built following the original oval layout of the track itself. Mr. Howard died in 1885 in Dobbs Ferry, New York, when he fell from a newly purchased horse.<ref>"A well known sugar planter" Newspapers.com, ''The Yonkers Gazette'', June 6, 1885, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-yonkers-gazette-a-well-known-sugar-p/60458359/</ref> {{Quote
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One of the most famous is the '''Army of Tennessee, Louisiana Division''' monument, a monumental tomb of [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] soldiers of the [[American Civil War]]. The monument includes two notable works by sculptor [[Alexander Doyle]] (1857–1922):
* Atop the tomb is an 1877 equestrian statue of General [[Albert Sidney Johnston]] on his horse "Fire-eater", holding binoculars in his right hand. General Johnston was for a time entombed here, but the remains were later removed to Texas.
* To the right of the entrance to the tomb is an 1885 life
Other notable monuments in Metairie Cemetery include:
* the pseudo-Egyptian [[pyramid]];
* Laure Beauregard Larendon's tomb, which features Moorish details and beautiful stained glass;<ref>Snyder, Laurie.
* the former tomb of [[Storyville, New Orleans|Storyville]] [[madam]] [[Josie Arlington]];
* the Moriarty tomb with a marble monument with a height of {{convert|60|ft|m}} tall, which required the construction of a temporary special spur [[railroad]] line to transport the monument's building materials to the cemetery; and
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[[File:DespondentAngelMetCemHead.jpg|thumb|Marble statuary monument to [[Chapman H. Hyams]]' sisters. The sculpture is a copy of [[William Wetmore Story|Story's]] ''[[Angel of Grief]]'']]
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* [[Carlos Marcello|Calogero Minacore]], also known as
* [[Silvestro Carollo]], crime boss and leader of the New Orleans crime family from the 1920s to the 1940s.
* [[Algernon Sidney Badger]], New Orleans government official during and after [[Reconstruction Era|Reconstruction]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site19.php|title=Badger, Algernon Sidney|publisher=[[Louisiana Historical Association]], A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography|accessdate=February 6, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101013043600/http://www.lahistory.org/site19.php|archivedate=October 13, 2010}}</ref>
* [[T. L. Bayne]], first [[Tulane University]] [[Tulane Green Wave football|football]] coach and organizer of first football game in New Orleans
* [[P. G. T. Beauregard]], Confederate
* [[Tom Benson]], owner of [[New Orleans Saints]] and [[New Orleans Pelicans]]<ref>[http://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/article_a0ba8b1c-2c8c-11e8-abf1-a7bb7aa4f056.html Tom Benson's final resting place: Large, ornate tomb stands out in Metairie Cemetery]</ref>
* [[John Bernecker]], stunt performer
* [[Renato Cellini]], operatic conductor
* [[William C. C. Claiborne]], first U.S.
* [[Marguerite Clark]], stage and silent film actress
* [[Lewis Strong Clarke]], sugar planter and [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] politician<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site20.php|title=Clarke, Lewis Strong|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association, A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography (lahistory.com)|accessdate=December 21, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225122235/http://www.lahistory.org/site20.php|archivedate=February 25, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Isaac Cline]]
* [[Hamilton D. Coleman]]
* [[Al Copeland]], founder of [[Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen]]
* [[
* [[Jefferson Davis]] was buried at Metairie Cemetery, but his remains were later moved to [[Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia|Hollywood Cemetery]] in [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]], [[Virginia]].
* [[Dorothy Dell]], film actress of the 1930s
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* [[Charles E. Dunbar]], New Orleans attorney and [[civil service]] reformer
* [[Charles E. Fenner]], founder of brokerage house that became part of Merrill Lynch, Pearce, Fenner, & Smith
* [[Joachim O. Fernández]], [[United States House of Representatives|U.S.
* [[Ruth Fertel|Ruth U. Fertel]], founder of Ruth's Chris Steak House
* [[Benjamin Flanders]], Reconstruction-era state governor and New Orleans mayor
* [[Jim Garrison]], New Orleans
* [[Edward James Gay (1878–1952)|Edward James Gay III]], U.S.
* [[Michael Hahn]],
* [[William W. Heard]],
* [[William G. Helis Sr.]], American oilman, racehorse/owner breeder
* [[Andrew Higgins]], inventor of the [[LCVP (United States)|"Higgins Boat"]]
* [[Al Hirt]], jazz trumpeter
* [[Ken Hollis]], state senator from Jefferson Parish
* [[John Bell Hood]], Confederate
* [[Chapman H. Hyams]], stockbroker, businessman and philanthropist
* [[John E. Jackson (Louisiana politician)|John E. Jackson Sr.]], New Orleans lawyer and state Republican chairman from 1929 to 1934
* [[Grace King]], author
* [[Richard W. Leche]],
* [[Harry Lee (sheriff)|Harry Lee]],
* [[Samuel D. McEnery]],
* [[Louis H. Marrero]], Jefferson Parish Police
* [[John Albert Morris]], the "Lottery King"
* [[deLesseps Story Morrison|deLesseps Story "Chep" Morrison Sr.]],
* [[deLesseps Morrison Jr.|deLesseps Story "Toni" Morrison Jr.]], state legislator from Orleans Parish
* Isidore Newman, New Orleans philanthropist and founder of the [[Maison Blanche]] department store chain and the regarded [[Isidore Newman School]]
* [[Elwyn Nicholson]], state senator from 1972 to 1988, grocery store owner
* [[Margaret Norvell]], lighthouse keeper and namesake of the coastguard cutter [[USCGC Margaret Norvell (WPC-1105)|USCGC ''Margaret Norvell'']]
* [[Alton Ochsner]], surgeon, co-founder of Ochsner Clinic (now Ochsner Health System)
* [[Lionel Ott]], member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1940 to 1945 and the last New Orleans finance commissioner from 1946 to 1954
* [[Mel Ott]], Hall of Fame Major League Baseball
* [[Benjamin M. Palmer]], pastor of [[First Presbyterian Church of New Orleans]] (1856–1902)
* [[John M. Parker]], governor of Louisiana
* [[P. B. S. Pinchback]], first [[African American]]
* [[P. G. T. Beauregard]], a [[General officers in the Confederate States Army|Confederate General]] who started the [[American Civil War]]
* [[Louis Prima]], bandleader
* [[Stan Rice]], poet
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==See also==
* [[Eclipse Race Course]]
* [[Fair Grounds Race Course]]
* [[Historic Cemeteries of New Orleans]]
* [[List of United States cemeteries]]
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==External links==
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* [http://www.lakelawnmetairie.com/ Lake Lawn Funeral home, Metairie Cemetery]
* {{Find a Grave cemetery}}
* [http://www.nola.com/haunted/video/index.ssf?/haunted/video/metairie_cem.html ''Times-Picayune'' video tour]
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