Vine Street Hill Cemetery, cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio
Vine Street Hill Cemetery is a burial ground in Cincinnati featuring a chapel designed in Romanesque Revival style by German-American architects George and August Brink in 1884. The grounds slope gently across less than an acre, with rounded arches, thick stone walls, and historic gravestones surrounded by mature trees.
The cemetery was founded in 1849 by members of German Evangelical Reformed churches and opened with its first burial in 1851. During the 1870s, graves from St. Peter's Church were moved here, and a Neo-Romanesque chapel was constructed in 1884.
The cemetery reflects Cincinnati's German-American heritage through its architecture and the names on its gravestones. Early founders and many notable burials represent German-American families who shaped the city's development.
The cemetery has marked pathways and is open year-round, with parking available near the Vine Street entrance. Wear comfortable shoes for walking the rolling terrain and look for information boards marking notable graves and points of interest.
The cemetery has a helicopter landing area where traffic reporter Art Mehring would land his aircraft to broadcast traffic reports for I-75 from above. A memorial stone bearing his name near the Mitchell Avenue entrance honors this unusual connection to the site.
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