Elmwood Cemetery (Columbia, South Carolina)

Elmwood Cemetery
Elmwood Cemetery, Confederate Cemetery Entrance, July 2012
Location 501 Elmwood Ave., Columbia, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°0′50″N 81°3′13″W / 34.01389°N 81.05361°W / 34.01389; -81.05361Coordinates: 34°0′50″N 81°3′13″W / 34.01389°N 81.05361°W / 34.01389; -81.05361
Area 168.5 acres (68.2 ha)
Built 1854 (1854), 1921
NRHP reference # 96000984[1]
Added to NRHP September 6, 1996

Elmwood Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was established in 1854, and expanded in 1921. The older section is heavily wooded and has a section devoted to Confederate dead.[2][3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Karen Nickless and Ann Parker Hubbard Cohen (June 1995). "Elmwood Cemetery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  3. ↑ "Elmwood Cemetery, Richland County (501 Elmwood Ave., Columbia)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-01-07.


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