Westview Cemetery
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Westview Cemetery, located in Atlanta, Georgia
, is the largest cemetery in the South East, comprising over 582 acres (2.4 km²), 50% of which is undeveloped. Westview includes the graves of more than 100,000 people.
battle. The cemetery was established in 1884 on Atlanta's west side when Oakland Cemetery was mostly filled out. Over 582 acres (2.4 km²) were purchased by a private corporation, headed by E. P. McBurney. The main gate is one of the oldest standing structures in Atlanta.
Westview Cemetery at one time had a "strict requirement that all who came there- both visitors and permanent residents- be white."
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Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
, is the largest cemetery in the South East, comprising over 582 acres (2.4 km²), 50% of which is undeveloped. Westview includes the graves of more than 100,000 people.
History
The land that would become Westview Cemetery was the site of a portion of the Battle of Ezra Church, a Civil WarAmerican Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
battle. The cemetery was established in 1884 on Atlanta's west side when Oakland Cemetery was mostly filled out. Over 582 acres (2.4 km²) were purchased by a private corporation, headed by E. P. McBurney. The main gate is one of the oldest standing structures in Atlanta.
Westview Cemetery at one time had a "strict requirement that all who came there- both visitors and permanent residents- be white."
Famous burials
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Location
The cemetery is located at 1680 Westview Dr SW, Atlanta, GA 30310. Its telephone number is (404) 691-4124. The office is open Monday thru Thursday 8AM to 5PM, Friday 8AM to 430PM, until 2PM on Saturday and is closed on Sunday. Gates are open from 8AM until 5:30PM every day except Christmas and Thanksgiving. The site is a fifteen minute walk from the West LakeWest Lake (MARTA station)
West Lake is an at-grade metro station on the Blue Line of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority rail system. It serves the area near Westview Cemetery. The station is located between West Lake & Anderson Avenues in West Atlanta...
MARTA
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority or MARTA is the principal rapid-transit system in the Atlanta metropolitan area and the ninth-largest in the United States. Formed in 1971 as strictly a bus system, MARTA operates a network of bus routes linked to a rapid transit system consisting...
station
See also
- List of oldest structures in Atlanta
- Westview Neighborhood
External links
- Westview Cemetery web site
- Westview Cemetery at Find A GraveFind A GraveFind a Grave is a commercial website providing free access and input to an online database of cemetery records. It was founded in 1998 as a DBA and incorporated in 2000.-History:...