Evergreen Cemetery, Hillside

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Evergreen Cemetery
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Evergreen Cemetery, Hillside is located in Union County, New Jersey
Evergreen Cemetery, Hillside
Location Elizabeth, Hillside
and Newark, New Jersey, United States
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Area 115 acres (47 hectares)
Architect Multiple
Architectural style Mid-19th-century revival, late-19th- and 20th-century revivals, late Victorian
NRHP Reference # 91000882 [1]
Added to NRHP July 9, 1991 (32 years ago) (1991-07-09)

Evergreen Cemetery and Crematory is an American cemetery and crematorium located at 1137 North Broad Street, Hillside, Union County, New Jersey. Parts of it are in Hillside, Elizabeth, and Newark.[2]

The cemetery is listed on both the New Jersey Register[3] and the National Register of Historic Places,[4] since 1991.[5]

Notable graves include authors Stephen Crane, Mary Mapes Dodge and Edward Stratemeyer. Six former U.S. Congressmen (including one who became Senator) and one non-voting delegate (from Alaska) are buried there as well.

The cemetery also is known for having a section of plots devoted to Roma (Gypsy) families.

Notable interments

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References

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  2. See USGS Topo for county lines.
  3. ID #2681
  4. Reference #91000882
  5. New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places: Union County. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Historic Preservation Office, last updated August 6, 2007. Retrieved August 26, 2007.
  6. John Brisbin, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 13, 2007.
  7. William Chetwood, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 13, 2007.
  8. Amos Clark, Jr., Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 13, 2007.
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  11. [2]. The New York Times. November 29, 1913. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
  12. Civil War index. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
  13. Phineas Jones, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 13, 2007.
  14. John Kean, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 13, 2007.
  15. AOTW. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
  16. [3]. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
  17. [4]. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
  18. Charles August Sulzer, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 13, 2007.
  19. William Sulzer, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 13, 2007.

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