Landmark Chapel

Forest Home Cemetery located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin is the final resting place of many of the city's famed beer barons, politicians and social elite. Both the cemetery and its Landmark Chapel are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and were declared a Milwaukee Landmark in 1973. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1200x800, 333 KB)Copyright © 2006 Sulfur Landmark Chapel located on the grounds of the historic Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1200x800, 333 KB)Copyright © 2006 Sulfur Landmark Chapel located on the grounds of the historic Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ... Nickname: The City of Festivals, The Brew City, The Cream City, The Nations Watering Hole Official website: http://www. ... The National Register of Historic Places is the USAs official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects worthy of preservation. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...

The cemetery is run by a non-profit organization held in public trust. Profits from each sale are reinvested to insure continual care of the buildings and land.

History

A committee appointed by members of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in 1847 established Forest Home Cemetery on what would later become Milwaukee's south side. When the land was selected it was located nearly two miles outside of the city limits, in an area believed to be far enough from urban development to remain rural. The 72 acres that were purchased in 1850 quickly grew to nearly 200 acres by the turn of the century. This land is known to have been dotted by Indian burial mounds. [1] St. ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

Construction of the Gothic style Landmark Chapel started in 1890 and took two years to complete. It was designed by architects George Ferry & Alfred Clas and built using Lake Superior Sandstone, a dark red sandstone found near the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior. A leaded glass conservatory containing decades old tropical plants extends from the north and south sides of the nave. [2] See also Gothic art. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... Sandstone near Stadtroda, Germany Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-size mineral or rock grains. ... Ashland County, Wisconsin from 1895 U.S. Atlas with Apostle Islands located in the north. ... Lake Superior, viewed from Au Train Bay in Alger County, Michigan Lake Superior (known as Gichigami in an Ojibwe language), bounded by Ontario and Minnesota to the north and Wisconsin and Michigan in the south, is the largest of North Americas Great Lakes. ... A conservatory is a school dedicated to teaching the art of music including playing of musical instruments, musical composition, musicianship and music theory. ...

The Halls of History is an indoor temperature controlled mausoleum and community center within Forest Home Cemetery. Along with the columbarium and crypts it houses, the center contains a number of permanent and changing exhibits that educate visitors about the history of Milwaukee and over 100 of its people. It is open for walk-ins during office hours. St. ... Columbarium niches built into the side of St. ...

Notable internments

Forest Home Cemetery is home to 15 Milwaukee mayors, seven Wisconsin governors, noted industrialists and over 110,000 burials. The Newhall House Monument is a mass grave for 64 people of the Newhall House fire of 1883, in which 71 individuals (43 unidentified) died. 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

• Victor Berger, newspaper editor and founding member of the Socialist Party of America
• Jacob Best, founder of what became the Pabst Brewing Company
• Valentin Blatz, founder of the Valentin Blatz Brewing Company
• Lynde Bradley, co-founder of the Allen-Bradley company
• William Davidson, co-founder of the Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Company
• Charles E. Hammersley, 1930 candidate for governor
• Byron Kilbourn, American surveyor, railroad executive and co-founder of the City of Milwaukee
• Charles King, U.S. General and distinguished writer
• August Krug, founder of what became the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company
• Increase Lapham, author, scientist, and early American naturalist
• Alfred Lunt & Lynn Fontanne, famous award winning husband and wife Broadway acting team
• Billy Mitchell, U.S. Army General and father of the U.S. Air Force
• Frederick Pabst, brewing magnate of Pabst Brewing Company fame
• George Peck, newspaper publisher, mayor of Milwaukee and governor of Wisconsin
• Joseph Schlitz (Cenotaph), brewing magnate of the now defunct Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company
• Christopher Sholes, inventor of the first practical typewriter with its QWERTY key layout
• George Walker, early settler and co-founder of the City of Milwaukee

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See also

• List of Milwaukeeans
• List of mayors of Milwaukee

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External links

• Forest Home Cemetery
• List of notable people buried at Forest Home
• Cemetery marks its 150th anniversary