- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Oakland Cemetery
- Creator:
- W. H. Parish Publishing Company
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1895
- Subject:
- Cemeteries--Georgia--Atlanta
Monuments and memorials--Georgia--Atlanta
Mausoleums--Georgia--Atlanta
Richards, Robert--Tomb
Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of the Richards mausoleum, built by H. Q. French of New York City for Robert H. Richards, a London-born entrepreneur and co-founder of the Atlanta National Bank, in Oakland Cemetery, east of downtown Atlanta, Georgia.
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In 1850 the City of Atlanta purchased six acres of farmland for use as a public burial ground. In 1872 the burial grounds were named Oakland Cemetery, and had grown to encompass 88 acres. Most of this growth was to accommodate for the increased deaths during the Civil War as soldiers were moved from battle field graves. The cemetery is now run by the Historic Oakland Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the site as a historic landmark. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.377.001
ahc170377001.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/130
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U. S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 5 x 7 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
