Evergreen Cemetery (Hillside, New Jersey)

Evergreen Cemetery and Crematory is a cemetery and crematorium located at 1137 North Broad Street, Hillside, Union County, New Jersey. Parts of it are in Hillside, Elizabeth, and Newark.[2]

Evergreen Cemetery
Evergreen Cemetery (Hillside, New Jersey) is located in Union County, New Jersey
Evergreen Cemetery (Hillside, New Jersey)
LocationElizabeth, Hillside
and Newark, New Jersey, United States
Coordinates40°41′32″N 74°12′39″W / 40.69222°N 74.21083°W / 40.69222; -74.21083
Area115 acres (47 hectares)
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleMid-19th-century revival, late-19th- and 20th-century revivals, late Victorian
NRHP reference No.91000882 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 9, 1991 (33 years ago) (1991-07-09)

The cemetery is listed on both the New Jersey Register[3] and the National Register of Historic Places,[4] since 1991.[5]

Notable graves include authors Stephen Crane, Mary Mapes Dodge and Edward Stratemeyer. Six former U.S. Congressmen (including one who became Senator) and one non-voting delegate (from Alaska) are buried there as well.

The cemetery also is known for having a section of plots devoted to Romani "gypsy" families.[6][7][8]

It is adjacent to Weequahic Golf Course.

King of the Gypsies was filmed there with Shelley Winters.[9]

Notable interments

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References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ See USGS Topo for county lines.[full citation needed]
  3. ^ ID #2681.[full citation needed]
  4. ^ Reference #91000882.[full citation needed]
  5. ^ New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places: Union County Archived April 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Historic Preservation Office, last updated August 6, 2007. Retrieved August 26, 2007.
  6. ^ "Kings? Queens? Palm readers? Meet the City's Hidden Gypsies". Charles Cummings.
  7. ^ Anndee Hochman (August 18, 1984). "Friends Mourn Falls Church Gypsy Known as Musician, Peacemaker". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.
  8. ^ "Strolling the Serpentine Paths at Evergreen Cemetery".
  9. ^ "Glimpse of History: When Hollywood came to Hillside". www.nj.com. May 2015.
  10. ^ John Brisbin, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 13, 2007.
  11. ^ William Chetwood, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 13, 2007.
  12. ^ Amos Clark, Jr., Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 13, 2007.
  13. ^ a b c "Sometimes the Grave Is a Fine and Public Place". The New York Times. March 28, 2004.
  14. ^ "Barton Wood Currie Collection, 1918–1948: Finding Aid". Princeton University Library. 2009. Archived from the original on June 19, 2010.
  15. ^ "Gen. J. Madison Drake Dies" (PDF). The New York Times. November 29, 1913. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
  16. ^ Civil War index. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
  17. ^ Phineas Jones, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 13, 2007.
  18. ^ "John Kean". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 13, 2007.
  19. ^ "Lieutenant Rufus King, Jr". Antietam on the Web. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
  20. ^ "11th New Jersey Infantry Regiment". www.gettysburg.stonesentinels.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
  21. ^ "11th New Jersey". civilwarintheeast.com. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
  22. ^ Charles August Sulzer, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 13, 2007.
  23. ^ William Sulzer, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 13, 2007.
  24. ^ "Ex-Army Officer's Funeral Tomorrow". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, CA. April 13, 1930. p. IV-7 – via Newspapers.com.
  25. ^ "U.S. Department of War, Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925–1970, Entry for Homer W. Wheeler". Ancestry.com. Lehi, UT: Ancestry.com LLC. October 29, 1930. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
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