Maple Grove Cemetery (Kew Gardens, New York)
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Maple Grove Cemetery is a historic cemetery
at 83-15 Kew Gardens Road in Kew Gardens, Queens
, New York, New York
. It was established in 1875 and consists of two sections; Monumental Park and Memorial Park. Monumental Park was the first section opened is laid out in the rural cemetery
tradition with panoramic winding roads over hilly terrain in the west, with the original entrance at Lefferts Boulevard and Kew Gardens Road. The Memorial Park section was opened in 1943 with a new entrance on Queens Boulevard
. Memorial Park's Presidential Circle includes a memorial to the 21 people interred at Maple Grove who died in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. There are approximately 83,000 internments, with approximately 30,000 of them in the Monumental Park section. Contributing buildings and structures include the Administration Building, a receiving vault
, and a small number of mausolea
. The Administration Building and receiving vault were designed by noted New York City architect James E. Ware
(1846-1918).
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 2004.
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...
at 83-15 Kew Gardens Road in Kew Gardens, Queens
Kew Gardens, Queens
Kew Gardens is a triangular-shaped neighborhood in central Queens bounded to the north by the Jackie Robinson Parkway , to the east by Van Wyck Expressway and 131st Street, to the south by Hillside Avenue, and to the west by Park Lane, Abingdon Road and 118th Street...
, New York, New York
New York City
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. It was established in 1875 and consists of two sections; Monumental Park and Memorial Park. Monumental Park was the first section opened is laid out in the rural cemetery
Rural cemetery
The rural cemetery or garden cemetery is a style of burial ground that uses landscaping in a park-like setting.As early as 1711 the architect Sir Christopher Wren had advocated the creation of burial grounds on the outskirts of town, "inclosed with a strong Brick Wall, and having a walk round, and...
tradition with panoramic winding roads over hilly terrain in the west, with the original entrance at Lefferts Boulevard and Kew Gardens Road. The Memorial Park section was opened in 1943 with a new entrance on Queens Boulevard
Queens Boulevard
Queens Boulevard is a major thoroughfare in the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Queens connecting communities from Midtown Manhattan to Jamaica...
. Memorial Park's Presidential Circle includes a memorial to the 21 people interred at Maple Grove who died in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. There are approximately 83,000 internments, with approximately 30,000 of them in the Monumental Park section. Contributing buildings and structures include the Administration Building, a receiving vault
Receiving vault
A receiving vault is typically an underground crypt or above-ground building built within a cemetery, with the purpose of storing the bodies of deceased persons in winter months when the ground is too frozen to dig a permanent grave...
, and a small number of mausolea
Mausoleum
A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or persons. A monument without the interment is a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be considered a type of tomb or the tomb may be considered to be within the...
. The Administration Building and receiving vault were designed by noted New York City architect James E. Ware
James E. Ware
James Edward Ware was an American architect, best known for devising the "dumbbell plan" for New York City tenement housing....
(1846-1918).
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 2004.