Greenwood Cemetery, Pittsburgh
Encyclopedia
Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery
in the Pittsburgh
suburb of O'Hara Township, Pennsylvania
, United States
.
The cemetery was opened in 1874 and is located approximately six miles northeast of Downtown Pittsburgh at 321 Kittanning
Pike321 (zip code 15215).
Notables interred here include Henry J. Heinz
and the Pulitzer Prize
winning playwright August Wilson
. Wilson's 1995 play Seven Guitars uses the cemetery as a setting.
Cemetery
A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The term "cemetery" implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground. Cemeteries in the Western world are where the final ceremonies of death are observed...
in the Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
suburb of O'Hara Township, Pennsylvania
O'Hara Township, Pennsylvania
The Township of O'Hara is a Home Rule Municipality in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in the United States six miles northeast of Downtown Pittsburgh. The community was long organized as a township, and retains "Township" in its official name, but adopted a home rule charter in 1973 and is no...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
The cemetery was opened in 1874 and is located approximately six miles northeast of Downtown Pittsburgh at 321 Kittanning
Kittanning
Kittanning may refer to:* Kittanning, Pennsylvania, United States* West Kittanning, Pennsylvania, United States* Kittanning Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States...
Pike321 (zip code 15215).
Notables interred here include Henry J. Heinz
Henry J. Heinz
Henry John Heinz was an American businessman who founded the H. J. Heinz Company.-Early life:Heinz was one of eight children born to John Henry Heinz and Anna Margaretha Heinz...
and the Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
winning playwright August Wilson
August Wilson
August Wilson was an American playwright whose work included a series of ten plays, The Pittsburgh Cycle, for which he received two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama...
. Wilson's 1995 play Seven Guitars uses the cemetery as a setting.