Salem Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn

Salem Fields Cemetery at 775 Jamaica Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, United States, was founded in 1852 by the Central Synagogue. It is the final resting place for many of the prominent German-Jewish families of New York City including members of the Fox family, founders of 20th Century Fox Film Corp., the Guggenheim family of mining, newspaper and museum fame, the Lewisohn family of mining, banking and philanthropic interests, and the Shubert family, builders of the largest theatre empire in the 20th century.

Architectural historian Fredric Bedoire, Professor at the Royal University of Fine Arts in Stockholm, compares the "beautiful" Salem fields to the architecturally notable mausoleums and undulating landscape to Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris.^[1] Architect Henry Beaumont Herts designed the Guggenheim family mausoleum, modeled after the Tower of the Winds at Athens.

Notable burials

• William Bertram Greenfield (1888–1949), furrier, RMS Titanic survivor
• Harry Frank Guggenheim (1890–1971), newspaper magnate
• Meyer Guggenheim (1820–1905), mining industrialist
• Adolph Lewisohn (May 27, 1849 - August 17, 1938), mining magnate, banker, art collector and philanthropist. Younger brother of Leonard Lewisohn.
• Leonard Lewisohn (October 10, 1847 - March 5, 1902), mining magnate, banker and philanthropist. Older brother of Adolph Lewisohn.
• Bob Marshall (1901–1939), wilderness activist, forester
• Louis B. Marshall (1856–1929) constitutional lawyer, conservationist, Jewish leader, and father of Bob Marshall
• Lipman Emanuel Pike (1845–1893) first Jewish player in Major League Baseball
• Joseph Seligman
• Edgar Selwyn (1875–1944), playwright, theatrical director/producer
• Jacob J. Shubert (1879–1963), theatre owner/operator, director/producer
• Lee Shubert (1871–1953), theatre owner/operator, producer
• Samuel S. Shubert (1878–1905), playwright, theatre owner/operator, producer
• Felix M. Warburg (1871–1937), financier, philanthropist

See also

• List of United States cemeteries

References