Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia)

Hollywood Cemetery
Details
Established	1847; 177 years ago (1847)
Country	United States
Website	www.hollywoodcemetery.org
Find a Grave	Hollywood Cemetery
Hollywood Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Virginia Landmarks Register
Location	412 S. Cherry St., Richmond, Virginia
Coordinates	37°32′09″N 77°27′25″W / 37.53583°N 77.45694°W / 37.53583; -77.45694
Area	135 acres (546,000 m2)
Built	1849
Architect	John Notman
NRHP reference No.	69000350[1]
VLR No.	127-0221
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 12, 1969
Designated VLR	September 9, 1969[2]

Hollywood Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located at 412 South Cherry Street in the Oregon Hill neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. It was established in 1847 and designed by the landscape architect John Notman. It is 135-acres in size and overlooks the James River. It is one of three places in the United States that contains the burials of two U.S. Presidents, the others being Arlington National Cemetery and United First Parish Church.

Due to Richmond's role as capital of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, the cemetery contains the burials of many government officials of the confederacy including president Jefferson Davis and secretary of war James A. Seddon. Hollywood contains the burials of 25 Confederate States Army officers including generals J.E.B. Stuart, Fitzhugh Lee and George Pickett. The cemetery contains the remains of over 11,000 confederate soldiers, the largest number buried in one cemetery. They are memorialized by the Monument of the Confederate War Dead, a 90-foot tall granite pyramid built in 1869. The cemetery is considered the unofficial National Confederate Cemetery and has hosted ceremonies commemorating Confederate Memorial Day since 1866. Hollywood Cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.