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Woodlawn Cemetery
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View from the front gate
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| Location: | 4611 Benning Rd., SE Washington, District of Columbia |
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| Area: | 22.7 acres (9.2 ha) |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 96001499[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | December 20, 1996 |
Woodlawn Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Washington, D.C.. It occupies approximately 22.5 acres in southeast DC. Founded in 1895, it was closed in 1970.
Buried there are many prominent Americans, including Blanche Kelso Bruce, a U.S. Senator from Mississippi, and John Mercer Langston a Congressman from Virginia.
Volunteers are working to restore the cemetery, using ground penetrating radar, after decades of neglect.[2][3]
A play "Woodlawn," about the cemetery was produced by Young Playwrights' Theater.[4]
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