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Elmwood Cemetery (Norfolk, Virginia)

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L.E. Lewis mauseoleum at Elmwood Cemetery
L.E. Lewis mauseoleum at Elmwood Cemetery

Elmwood Cemetery is a historic municipal cemetery located at Norfolk, Virginia. It was established in 1853, and is filled with monuments and mausoleums that embody the pathos and symbolism of the Christian view of death as a temporary sleep. A notable monument is the Recording Angel by William Couper (1853–1942) at the Couper Family plot. The Core Mausoleum (1910–1915) designed by Harold Van Buren Magonigle (1867–1935), with sculptures by Edward Field Sanford, Jr. (1886–1951), is another notable resource.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. It is contiguous with West Point Cemetery, listed in 2007.

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Elmwood Cemetery (Norfolk, Virginia)
East Princess Anne Road, Norfolk

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East Princess Anne Road
23510 Norfolk
Virginia, United States
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