Riverview Cemetery, Charlottesville
Riverview Cemetery is a private cemetery located in the Woolen Mills section of Charlottesville, Virginia, at 1701 Chesapeake Street. Founded in 1892 as Charlottesville's two public cemeteries — Maplewood and Oakwood — were filling up, Riverview consists of about 50 acres overlooking a bend in the Rivanna River and has approximately 12,000 graves with room for about 7,000 more.[1] Some notable people interred here include Nicholas Lewis (b. 1734 d.1808), an officer in the American Revolution and friend of Thomas Jefferson;[2][3] Thomas L. Rosser (b. 1836 d. 1910) who was a General for the Confederate States of America and later an officer in the Spanish–American War; and Virginia State Senator Emily Couric (b. 1947 d.2001).
 Riverview Cemetery | |
  Location of Riverview Cemetery | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 38.0246°N 78.4587°W |
| Type | Private |
| Owned by | Riverview Cemetery Company |
| Size | about 50 acres |
| No. of graves | about 12,000 |
| Website | riverviewcemeteryva |
References
- Riverview Cemetery History, brochure, Lara Day Kozak, Historic Preservation Program of the University of Virginia School of Architecture, Spring 1998, under direction of Professor Daniel Bluestone.
- http://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/nicholas-lewis
- http://people.virginia.edu/~mjb6g/LewisHouse/nicolaslewishouse.htm
External links
- / City of Charlottesville, Virginia Historic Cemeteries - Maplewood Cemetery, Oakwood Cemetery, Daughters of Zion Cemetery (African American)
- Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society
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