Riverview Cemetery (Trenton, New Jersey) Explained
| Riverview Cemetery |
| Location: | 870 Centre Street, Trenton, New Jersey |
| Coordinates: | 40.195°N -74.754°W |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | City of Trenton |
| Graves: | up to 45,000[1] |
| Findagraveid: | 100189 |
| Political: | Riverview Cemetery at The Political Graveyard |
| Nrhp: | | Embed: | yes | | Riverview Cemetery | | Architect: | John K. Smith, landscape designer; Charles C. Haven, civil engineer; Calvert Vaux, landscape architect; Micklewright & Mountford, architects | | Architecture: | Art Deco | | Added: | March 27, 2017 | | Refnum: | 100000810 | | Designated Other1 Name: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places | | Designated Other1 Abbr: | NJRHP | | Designated Other1 Link: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places | | Designated Other1 Date: | February 7, 2017 | | Designated Other1 Number: | 3278[2] | | Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom | | Designated Other1 Color: | - ffc94b
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Riverview Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at 870 Centre Street in the city of Trenton, New Jersey in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. A number of notables are interred there, including Civil War Union Army Major General and New Jersey Governor George B. McClellan, whose grave is marked by the tallest monument in the cemetery. His wife, Mary Ellen Marcy McClellan, is interred with him.
History
Riverview Cemetery dates back to a Quaker graveyard used in the 1670s overlooking the Delaware River.[3] The cemetery was established in 1699, and was incorporated in 1858 by an act passed by the New Jersey Legislature.[4] [5] It still serves the community today as an active cemetery, with an office and full-time staff. It was expanded and formally landscaped in the 19th century, becoming the burial site of many prominent Trentonians of the era.[6]
The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 27, 2017, for its significance in landscape architecture. It includes one contributing building, two contributing sites, five contributing structures, and 38 contributing objects.[7]
Notable interments
Other notables interred in Riverview are:
- George Antheil (1900–1959), American composer
- William Archinal (1840–1919), Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient
- John T. Bird (1829–1911), represented New Jersey's 3rd congressional district from 1869 to 1873.[8]
- J. Hart Brewer (1844–1900), represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1881 to 1885.[9]
- Frank O. Briggs (1851–1913), United States Senator from New Jersey
- William L. Dayton (1807–1864), United States Senator from New Jersey and Republican Party vice presidential candidate.
- William Halstead (1794–1878), United States Congressman from New Jersey and Civil War Army officer (founder and first Colonel of the 1st New Jersey Volunteer Cavalry regiment)
- George Peter Ihrie (1827–1903), Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General.
- Walter Scott Lenox (1859–1920), founder of Lenox china
- Randolph B. Marcy (1812–1887, Civil War Union Army Brigadier General, and father of Mary Ellen Marcy McClellan
- George B. McClellan (1826–1885), Civil War Union Army Major General, 24th Governor of New Jersey 1878 to 1881
- Gershom Mott (1822–1884), Civil War Union Army Major General
- A. Dayton Oliphant (1887–1963),[10] Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1945 to 1946, 1948 to 1957.
- Samuel D. Oliphant (1824–1904), Civil War Union Army Brevet Brigadier General
- D. Lane Powers (1896–1968), United States Congressman from New Jersey
- John A. Roebling (1800–1869), German-American industrialist and civil engineer, designer of the Brooklyn Bridge.[11]
- James F. Rusling (1834–1918), Civil War Union Army Brevet Brigadier General.
- 'Edward W. Scudder (1822–1893) was a Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1869 until his death.
- John Taylor (1837–1909), served in the New Jersey Senate and was the creator of Pork roll.[12]
- William S. Truex (1819–1889), Civil War Union Army Brevet Brigadier General.
- Bennett Van Syckel (1830–1921) Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1889 to 1900
- Evan M. Woodward (1838–1904), Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Riverview Cemetery. Historical Marker Project.
- Web site: New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Mercer County . New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office . 16 . March 30, 2023 .
- Book: Walker, Edwin Robert . A History of Trenton, 1679–1929: Two Hundred and Fifty Years of a Notable . 1929 . Riverview Cemetery, or rather a small portion of it included in the present grounds, was originally a burying plot belonging to the ... .
- Book: Sarapin, Janice Kohl . Old Burial Grounds of New Jersey . 2002 . . 0813521114 .
- Web site: Riverview Cemetery . 2007-08-26 .
- Web site: New Jersey: The Early Years – 2004 Annual Conference . 2007-08-26. .
- Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=100000810}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Riverview Cemetery ]. National Park Service. Richard A. . Sauers . December 2016 . With accompanying 53 photos.
- http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000810 John Taylor Bird
- http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000478 John Hart Brewer
- Book: Spencer. Thomas E.. Where they're buried : a directory containing more than twenty thousand names of notable persons buried in American cemeteries, with listings of many prominent people who were cremated. 1998. Clearfield Co.. 978-0806348230. 361. registration.
- News: Historic N.J. cemetery seeks place on national registry. NJ.com. Shea, Kevin. November 6, 2016.
- James, George. "In Person; He's Looked at Life From Both Sides Now", The New York Times, February 20, 2000. Accessed December 29, 2007.
