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Glenwood Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)

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Glenwood Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at 2219 Lincoln Road NE in Washington, D.C. It is a private, secular cemetery owned and operated by The Glenwood Cemetery, Inc. Many famous people are buried in Glenwood Cemetery, and the cemetery is noted for its numerous elaborate Victorian and Art Nouveau funerary monuments. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017; its mortuary chapel was separately listed in 1989.

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Glenwood Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)
Bryant Street Northeast, Washington

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Bryant Street Northeast
20002 Washington
District of Columbia, United States
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