Wildwood Cemetery and Mary Lyon Fisher Memorial Chapel


Wildwood Cemetery and Mary Lyon Fisher Memorial Chapel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Show map of New York Show map of the US
Location	River Rd., Lyons Falls, New York
Coordinates	43°36′30″N 75°20′43″W / 43.60833°N 75.34528°W / 43.60833; -75.34528Coordinates: 43°36′30″N 75°20′43″W / 43.60833°N 75.34528°W / 43.60833; -75.34528
Area	37 acres (15 ha)
Built	1906 (1906), 1921
Built by	W.H. Rich & Sons
Architect	Gough & Ames
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival
NRHP Reference #	11000403^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 27, 2011

Wildwood Cemetery and Mary Lyon Fisher Memorial Chapel is a historic cemetery and chapel located at Lyons Falls in Lewis County, New York. The cemetery was established in 1906, and the chapel constructed in 1921. It remains an active burial ground containing 736 marked burials. The memorial chapel is a two-story, masonry building in the Late Gothic Revival style. It consists of a rectangular main section, measuring 19 feet by 24 feet, with a rear chancel addition measuring 9 feet by 15 feet. Also in the cemetery is a contributing plaque to Caleb Lyon Sr.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.^[1]

References

1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 6/27/11 through 7/01/11. National Park Service. 2011-07-08.
↑ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2015-11-01. Note: This includes Travis Bowman (October 2010). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Wildwood Cemetery and Mary Lyon Fisher Memorial Chapel" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-11-01. and Accompanying photographs

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in New York

Topics	Contributing property Keeper of the Register Historic district History of the National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Property types

Lists by county	Albany Allegany Bronx Broome Cattaraugus Cayuga Chautauqua Chemung Chenango Clinton Columbia Cortland Delaware Dutchess Erie Essex Franklin Fulton Genesee Greene Hamilton Herkimer Jefferson Kings (Brooklyn) Lewis Livingston Madison Monroe Montgomery Nassau New York (Manhattan) Niagara Oneida Onondaga Ontario Orange Orleans Oswego Otsego Putnam Queens Rensselaer Richmond (Staten Island) Rockland Saratoga Schenectady Schoharie Schuyler Seneca St. Lawrence Steuben Suffolk Sullivan Tioga Tompkins Ulster Warren Washington Wayne Westchester Northern Southern Wyoming Yates

Lists by city	Albany Buffalo New Rochelle New York City Bronx Brooklyn Queens Staten Island Manhattan Below 14th St. 14th–59th St. 59th–110th St. Above 110th St. Minor islands Niagara Falls Peekskill Poughkeepsie Rhinebeck Rochester Syracuse Yonkers

Other lists	Bridges and tunnels National Historic Landmarks

Category:National Register of Historic Places in New York Portal:National Register of Historic Places

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/2/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.