Forest Lawn Cemetery (Buffalo, New York)

Forest Lawn Cemetery
Details
Established	1849
Location	1411 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, New York 14209
Country	United States
Coordinates	42°55′51″N 78°51′39″W / 42.93083°N 78.86083°W / 42.93083; -78.86083
Type	Public
Owned by	Forest Lawn Group
Size	269 acres (1.1 km2)
No. of graves	165,000
Website	Forest Lawn.com
Find a Grave	Forest Lawn Cemetery
Forest Lawn Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	1411 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, New York 14209
Architect	Clarke, Charles E.; Earnshaw, Joseph
NRHP reference No.	90000688[1]
Added to NRHP	May 10, 1990

Forest Lawn Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in Buffalo, New York, founded in 1849 by Charles E. Clarke. It covers over 269 acres (1.1 km²) and over 152,000 are buried there, including U.S. President Millard Fillmore, First Lady Abigail Fillmore, singer Rick James, Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, and inventors Lawrence Dale Bell and Willis Carrier. Forest Lawn is on the National Register of Historic Places.