Graceland Cemetery Chapel

Graceland Cemetery Chapel is a historic building located in Avoca, Iowa, United States. The frame octagon-shaped building was constructed about 1875 in Graceland Cemetery, the town's public cemetery. The building's architecture has picturesque qualities to it, and it embodies various revival themes.[2] Its narrow, pilastered corners and the entablature along the roof line evoke the Greek Revival, its pointed arch windows and doorways the Gothic Revival, and its wide bracketed eaves the Italianate. Its interior is an open space with built-in benches along the walls. Over the years the building has been used as a place for funerals, a temporary mausoleum, the sexton's office, and storage. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

Graceland Cemetery Chapel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Graceland Cemetery, U.S. Route 59 Avoca, Iowa
Coordinates	41°29′31.8″N 95°20′15.8″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1875
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	86000873[1]
Added to NRHP	April 28, 1986

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. James E. Jacobsen; Ralph Christian. "Graceland Cemetery Chapel". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-11-14. with photos