Green Mount Cemetery, Historic cemetery in Baltimore, United States
Green Mount Cemetery stretches across gentle hills in northern Baltimore and features Gothic Revival structures built from sandstone, including a chapel on a hilltop and an ornate entrance gateway. Paths wind through sections with obelisks, columns, family vaults and sculptures, surrounded by old trees and tended lawns.
The site opened in 1839 on the former country estate of merchant Robert Oliver and became the city's first rural cemetery. The chapel and gateway were designed in the mid-nineteenth century by architects who also shaped other public buildings in Maryland.
The graves of Johns Hopkins, Enoch Pratt and Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte rest here among hundreds of other nineteenth-century burials. The names on the stones tell of families who built factories, founded banks and helped the city grow when Baltimore was rising as a major port.
The office near the entrance provides maps showing routes to notable burial sites and monuments scattered across the hills. Guided tours take place regularly and help with orientation on the large grounds.
Pennies often rest on the grave of John Wilkes Booth, left by visitors because Abraham Lincoln's face appears on the coin. The practice shows how people use the site to remember the link between the assassin and his victim.
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