Topeka Cemetery

Mausoleum Row

The Topeka Cemetery is a cemetery in Topeka, Kansas, United States. Chartered since 1859, it is the oldest chartered cemetery in the state of Kansas.

The cemetery holds the remains of several prominent Kansans including Charles Curtis, 31st Vice President of the United States under Herbert Hoover, Cyrus K. Holliday, founder of the city of Topeka, and Senator Arthur Capper.[1] The cemetery is notable for its Mausoleum Row, which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. The National Register Listing was enlarged in 2017.

The cemetery holds a monument to Kansas soldiers who died in the Battle of the Blue, a 75 ft granite shaft.[2]

References

  1. ↑ United States. Congress; Andrew R. Dodge; Betty K. Koed. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005: The Continental Congress, September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788, and the Congress of the United States, from the First Through the One Hundred Eighth Congresses, March 4, 1789, to January 3, 2005, Inclusive. Government Printing Office. pp. 783–. ISBN 978-0-16-073176-1.
  2. ↑ Federal Writers Project (1 January 1939). Kansas: A Guide to the Sunflower State. North American Book Dist LLC. pp. 292–. ISBN 978-0-403-02167-3.

Coordinates: 39°02′26″N 95°39′10″W / 39.04055°N 95.65287°W / 39.04055; -95.65287

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