Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)

Oak Hill Cemetery
Oak Hill Cemetery
	Italianate gatehouse, Oak Hill Cemetery
Details
Established	1848
Location	30th and R Streets, NW; Georgetown, Washington, D.C., U.S.
Country	United States
Coordinates	38°54′46″N 77°03′33″W / 38.9127°N 77.0592°W
Type	private
Size	22 acres (8.9 ha)
Website	www.oakhillcemeterydc.org
Find a Grave	Oak Hill Cemetery
The Political Graveyard	Oak Hill Cemetery

Oak Hill Cemetery is a historic 22-acre (8.9 ha) cemetery located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States. It was founded in 1848 and completed in 1853, and is a prime example of a rural cemetery. Many famous politicians, business people, military people, diplomats, and philanthropists are buried at Oak Hill, and the cemetery has a number of Victorian-style memorials and monuments. Oak Hill has two structures which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the Oak Hill Cemetery Chapel and the Van Ness Mausoleum.

The cemetery's interment of "Willie" Lincoln, deceased son of president Abraham Lincoln, was the inspiration for the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders.^[1]

^ Kelly, John (April 17, 2017). "Perspective | 'Lincoln in the Bardo' novel has people flocking to a Georgetown cemetery". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved October 20, 2017.

[1] Kelly, John (April 17, 2017). "Perspective | 'Lincoln in the Bardo' novel has people flocking to a Georgetown cemetery". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved October 20, 2017.

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