Cave Hill Cemetery, 701 Baxter Avenue, Louisville

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Designed in as a rural cemetery, Cave Hill Cemetery has been developed as a full expression of Romantic landscape design. Second only to Arnold Arboretum in number and variety of botanic specimens, the 300-acre cemetery also contains approximately monuments, many of unusual design. The cemetery also boasts excellent buildings of various functions in Renaissance Revival, Gothic Revival and Beaux Arts styles. PART I. HISTORICAL INFORMATION A. Physical History: 1. Date of erection: Opened in the cemetery has been continuously developed through the present time. The street and alley plan of the original design has been completed and additional streets designed after the original scheme have been and are being developed in the newer portions of the cemetery. 2.

Architect: David Ross After the death of David Ross his brother, Robert Ross, served as superintendent until his death in Under the Rosses the original scheme was completed. David Ross was a Scotsman who studied under Loudon and after emigrating to America, devoted his life to the development of Cave Hill Cemetery, as did his brother. Robert Campbell was appointed superintendent following the death of Robert Ross. 3. Land acguistions: Cave Hill Cemetery is located on lot 3 of Block in the city of Louisville. The following references tracing the acquisition of the land for Cave Hill Cemetery are found in the Jefferson County, Kentucky Deed Books. CAVE HILL CEMETERY HABS No. (Page 2) Deed Grantor Date Acreage Book Page City of Louisville ..

.70 306 William Pettet 298 City of Louisville 257 George L. Douglass.. 236 City of Louisville Craycoft 520 Richard C. Anderson Henning and Speed 523 Henning and Speed 183 Nannie M. Wilson 386 Thomas James .. *. 325 Nannie M. Wilson 52 John H. Fulton, et al....7-12-1901.. * 553 Anabra W. Clark 545 City of Louisville 337 City of Louisville 502 *less than one acre Following the Civil War a section of the cemetery became a National Cemetery. The Federal government purchased square feet of ground to bury soldiers from both sides. In June of Cave Hill Cemetery transferred three parcels of ground, all less than one acre, to the City of Louisville by deeds recorded in Deed Books page page and page 4.

Alterations and additions: A new receiving vault, designed by architect Henry Whitestone, was constructed in for In a new lodge and a gateway were built, which were derived from the plans of architect Charles Shryock. By numerous improvements had been made on the grounds. Approximately feet of water pipe, 6 wagon hydrants and 45 self-closing hydrants were installed and supplied by the City Water Company. The roads within the cemetery were paved with gravel with macadam underneath. A 3-acre, spring-fed lake was improved at the cost of 150 trees and shrubs, including 12 varieties of magnolia, 3 varieties of Japanese maple, a Japanese Gingko tree, Japanese shrubs, and cypress, willow and cedar trees, had been planted.

The present state of the cemetery and the layout of the eastern end of the cemetery is attributed to Ira Mitchell, who was superintendent of the cemetery from to Also under his superintendence the chapel and the receiving vault were r emoved. CAVE HILL CEMETERY HABS NO. (Page 3) B. Historical Context: The dedication of the cemetery took place on July 25, Featured was an opening ode sung by a choir and written by Fortunatus Cosby, a noted local poet. The principal address was delivered by Rev. E. p. Humphrey, pastor of Second Presbyterian Church in Louisville.

During the century the pesthouse, one of the buildings in the cemetery, was used as an infirmary for persons with contagious diseases, Cave Hill Cemetery contains the remains of virtually every prominent Louisvillian, many prominent Kentuckians, and a number of notable Southerners. Most notably, it contains the grave of George Rogers Clark. The exclusivity of the cemetery has diminished but little. At one time regulations were maintained as to the types of plantings allowed, the types of people allowed in certain areas, the size of markers, and admission was regulated by a ticket system. On weekends tours by carriage began from the office and picnickers were invited to eat by the numerous lakes and lily ponds.

A mass grave was dug in for victims of the flood, but fortunately was not needed. PART II. SOURCES OF INFORMATION A.

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1. Primary and unpublished sources: Map, circa at the Filson Club, Louisville, Kentucky. Deed Books in County Clerk's Office, Jefferson County Courthouse. Minutes Book. June 16, Report of the Committee. "Cave Hill Scrapbook." 2. Secondary and published sources: Rules and Regulations and an Historical Sketch of Cave Hill Cemetery with the Dedicatory Address. Louisville, Kentucky: John P. Morton and Company, Rules, Regulations, and By-Laws of Cave Hill Cemetery with the Dedicatory Address and Topographical and Descriptive Notices. Louisville, Kentucky: John P. Morton and Co., CAVE HILL CEMETERY HABS No. (Page 4} Cave Hill Cemetery-Charter, By-Laws and__Rul.es and Regulations_of Cave Hill Cemetery and Charter of Cave Hill Investment Co.

Louisville, Kentucky: Courier-Journal Publishing Company, Charter, By-Laws, Rules and Regulations of Cave Hill Cemetery Co. and Charter of Cave Hill Investment Co. Louisville, Kentucky: Courier-Journal Job Printing Company, Rules and Regulations Cave Hill Cemetery Co. Inc. Louisville, Kentucky, January 1, The Courier-Journal. Newspaper articles. "Robert Alexander Campbell", August 7, "Brushing Up on the Past at Cave Hill", September 6, The Louisville Times. Newspaper articles. Louisville, Kentucky. "Unusual Tombstones Found in Louisville", by David W. Hacker, April 26, "In Cave Hill's Everchanging Beauty and Harmony", by Melville 0. Briney, February 5, "Johnny All-Kinds-of-Seed", November 22, Louisville Magazine. Magazine article. "Cave Hill An Ecologist's Dream", by Robert McDowell.

The Modern Cemetery. "Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, October pp. The Highlander. Newspaper article. "Cave Hill", by Lewis A. Walter, September 10, Louisville Gas and Electric Company. "Cave Hill Cemetery? Chartered 120 Years Ago, A Unique Botanical Garden and Wildfowl Haven". June Vol. 23, no. 7. Prepared by: David Arbogast Architectural Historian National Park Service August CAVE HILL CEMETERY HABS No. (Page 5) PART IV. PROJECT INFORMATION The project was undertaken by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) in cooperation with the Preservation Alliance of Louisville and Jefferson County, Inc. Under the direction of John Poppeliers, chief of HABS, the project was completed during the summer of at the HABS Field Office in Louisville by Prof.

John Haggard, (Syracuse University), Project Supervisor; David Arbogast (Columbia University), Project Historian; Mary Oehrlein, Project Foreman; Bayer Lee (City College of New York), Architect; and Mary M. Herd (University of Tennessee) and Charles Raith (University of Cincinnati), student assistant architects. Susan McCown, a HABS staff historian in the Washington, office, edited the written descriptive data in the spring of for transmittal to the Library of Congress. HABS staff photographer Jack E. Boucher took the photographs of the structures in