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Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)

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Looking NW and vertical at Italianate gatehouse Oak Hill Cemetery 2013 09 04
Looking NW and vertical at Italianate gatehouse Oak Hill Cemetery 2013 09 04

Oak Hill Cemetery is a historic 22-acre (8.9 ha) cemetery located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States. It was founded in 1848 and completed in 1853, and is a prime example of a rural cemetery. Many famous politicians, business people, military people, diplomats, and philanthropists are buried at Oak Hill, and the cemetery has a number of Victorian-style memorials and monuments. Oak Hill has two structures which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the Oak Hill Cemetery Chapel and the Van Ness Mausoleum. The cemetery's interment of "Willie" Lincoln, deceased son of president Abraham Lincoln, was the inspiration for the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders.

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Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)
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R Street Northwest 3001
20007 Washington, Georgetown
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Christ Church (Georgetown, Washington, D.C.)
Christ Church (Georgetown, Washington, D.C.)

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