Harrisburg Cemetery

Harrisburg Cemetery, formerly known as Mount Kalmia Cemetery, is a prominent rural cemetery and national historic district in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, located at 13th and Liberty streets in the Allison Hill/East Harrisburg neighborhoods of the city.[3] It was officially founded in 1845, although interments took place for many years before. The cemetery is also the burial ground for American Revolutionary War soldiers.[4][5] The caretaker's cottage was built in 1850. It was designed by famed 19th Century architect, Andrew Jackson Downing, in the Gothic Revival style.[6]

Harrisburg Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Pennsylvania state historical marker
Gateway to the cemetery
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Location	13th and Liberty Sts., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Area	35 acres (14 ha)
Built	1845
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	85000866[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	March 07, 1985
Designated PHMC	September 30, 1990[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

Notable burials

• Edward E. Beidleman (1873-1929), Pennsylvania State Representative and State Senator, 12th lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
• George Grey Barnard (1863–1938), prominent American sculptor, he completed several figures for the new state capitol in 1912.
• John Conrad Bucher (1792–1844), Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
• James Donald Cameron (1833–1918), American politician, son of Simon Cameron; served as Secretary of War and U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania.
• Simon Cameron (1799–1889), American politician who served as United States Secretary of War for Abraham Lincoln.
• Charles C. Davis (1830–1909), United States Army Medal of Honor recipient during the American Civil War.
• William Findlay (1768–1846), governor of Pennsylvania; later served as director of the U.S. Mint.
• John White Geary (1819–1873), first mayor of San Francisco, governor of the Kansas Territory, governor of Pennsylvania, and Union general in the American Civil War.
• Jacob Samils Haldeman (1821-1889), Pennsylvania State Representative, U.S. Ambassador to Sweden from 1861 to 1864
• Richard Jacobs Haldeman (1831–1886), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
• John Andre Hanna (1762–1805), United States Representative from Pennsylvania; delegate to the State convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution; appointed brigadier general during Whisky Insurrection of 1793.
• Robert Harris (Pennsylvania) (1768–1851), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Cousin to John Harris.
• John Christian Kunkel (1816–1870), Whig and Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania; grandfather of John Crain Kunkel.
• George Kunkel (1893-1965), Pennsylvania State Senator
• John Crain Kunkel (1898–1970), US Congressman.
• Vance C. McCormick (1872–1946), politician and prominent businessman; appointed chair by President Woodrow Wilson of the American delegation at the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.
• Benjamin Franklin Meyers (1833–1918), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
• William Henry Miller (1829–1870), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
• Jesse Miller (1800–1850), Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
• Ray Coleman Mueller (1912-1994), Professional baseball player
• Marlin Edgar Olmsted (1847–1913), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
• John James Pearson (1800–1888), member of the U.S. House of Representatives and judge from Pennsylvania.
• David Rittenhouse Porter (1788–1867), Pennsylvania Governor.
• Luther Reily (1794–1854), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
• Charles "Dutch" Schesler (1900–1953), Major League Baseball Player.
• John Winebrenner (1797–1860), Religious leader, founder of the first Church of God in Pennsylvania.
• George Wolf (1777–1840), Governor of Pennsylvania.

See also

• List of Pennsylvania cemeteries
• List of cemeteries in the United States

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
3. "Harrisburg Cemetery". afrolumensproject. 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-18.
4. "City Wide Sights, Allison Hill & Eastern Harrisburg". City of Harrisburg. 2004. Archived from the original on 2007-01-20. Retrieved 2007-01-15.
5. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Jeb Stuart (August 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Harrisburg Cemetery" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-15.
6. https://sites.google.com/site/harrisburgcemetery/home-1

External links

• Harrisburg Cemetery at Find A Grave
• The Political Graveyard