Oak Hill Cemetery, cemetery in Lebanon, Indiana, USA

Oak Hill Cemetery is a burial ground in Lebanon, Indiana, established in 1872 as Rodefer Cemetery. It holds many examples of Victorian funerary art, the Late Gothic William L. Powell Chapel (1930), an office building (1955), an English barn, a Romanesque Revival main gate, a north gate, and several mausoleums, including the original, Metzger, Heath and Stokes mausoleums.

Oak Hill Cemetery was established in 1872 as Rodefer Cemetery. It was later renamed Oak Hill and restored by a local women's club in 1907. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. Its grounds hold Victorian funerary art and the Late Gothic William L. Powell Chapel of 1930.

Oak Hill holds the graves of Thomas Jefferson Cason, a US Congressman, and Sylvia Likens, whose 1965 torture-murder case drew national attention. Governor and Senator Samuel M. Ralston, who died in 1925, is also buried here. Visitors can find Victorian funerary art on the older stones, including carved symbols and mausoleums.

The cemetery is open to visitors daily at no charge, with pathways connecting different sections throughout the grounds. It is best to walk slowly and read the inscriptions on the stones to understand the history and stories embedded in this place.

Oak Hill Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. Among its notable burials are Samuel M. Ralston, Indiana governor and U.S. Senator (1857–1925), Congressman Thomas Jefferson Cason (1828–1901), and Sylvia Likens (1949–1965).