Anchorage Memorial Park

Anchorage Memorial Park

Shown within Anchorage downtown

Details
Established 1915
Location Anchorage, Alaska
Country United States of America
Coordinates 61°12′54″N 149°52′34″W / 61.21500°N 149.87611°W / 61.21500; -149.87611Coordinates: 61°12′54″N 149°52′34″W / 61.21500°N 149.87611°W / 61.21500; -149.87611
Type Public and private
Owned by Municipality of Anchorage
Size 22.35 acres (9.04 ha)
Website Home page
Burial list
Find a Grave Anchorage Memorial Park
The Political Graveyard Anchorage Memorial Park
Anchorage Cemetery
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Location Anchorage, Alaska
Coordinates 61°12′54″N 149°52′34″W / 61.21500°N 149.87611°W / 61.21500; -149.87611
Area 22.35 acres (9.04 ha)
Built 1915
NRHP Reference # 93000320[1]
AHRS # ANC-766
Added to NRHP April 26, 1993

The Anchorage Memorial Park, also known as Anchorage Cemetery, is a 22-acre (89,000 m2) cemetery located in Anchorage, Alaska, USA. Covering nine city blocks, the cemetery separates the city's downtown and Fairview neighborhoods.

The cemetery was established by President Woodrow Wilson in 1915 as part of the Anchorage townsite, one of a number of land reserves set aside for public facilities for the new town.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993, recognizing its status as Anchorage's oldest cemetery.[3]

From approximately 1954 to 1986, a public housing complex called Willow Park occupied the half-blocks of the cemetery site adjacent to Ninth Avenue and Fairbanks Street. The buildings were razed to allow for expansion of the cemetery. All that remains is the complex's maintenance building, taken over for the same purpose by the cemetery.

Notable burials

Lorene Harrison is buried in the pioneer area of the park.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Memorial Cemetery". Municipality of Anchorage. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
  3. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Anchorage Cemetery" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
  4. ↑ "Harrison, Bessie and Sullivan, Daily". Alaska History. Retrieved November 5, 2013.


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