Mount Hebron Cemetery and Gatehouse
Mount Hebron Cemetery and Gatehouse | |
Mount Hebron Cemetery and Gatehouse, June 2010 | |
| Location | 305 E. Boscawen St., Winchester, Virginia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 39°10′58″N 78°09′38″W / 39.182799°N 78.160637°W |
| Area | 56.1 acres (22.7 ha) |
| Built | 1764, 1844, 1891, 1902 |
| Architect | Barney, James Stewart; et al. |
| Architectural style | Chateauesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 09000163[1] |
| VLR No. | 138-0044 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | March 20, 2009 |
| Designated VLR | December 18, 2008[2] |
Mount Hebron Cemetery and Gatehouse is a historic cemetery and gatehouse located at Winchester, Virginia. The cemetery was established in 1844 on two older churchyards, including that of Christ Episcopal Church in 1853. Many Civil War soldiers who died in Winchester's hospitals were interred in this cemetery, but after the war, the Union Burial Corps reinterred many Union dead into the Winchester National Cemetery established nearby, or to their home towns. The 1866 expansion included Stonewall Confederate Cemetery for 2,576 Confederate war dead. Iron fence added in 1891 and the Chateauesque style limestone gatehouse for superintendent added in 1902.[3][4]
Mount Hebron was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]
Notable burials
- Harry Byrd (1887–1966), American politician from Virginia[5]
- Daniel Morgan (1736–1802), Revolutionary War hero[1]
- Daniel Roberdeau (1727–1795), Founding Father[1]
- Charles Broadway Rouss (1836–1902), businessman and philanthropist[6]
References
- ^ a b c d "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
- ^ "Mount Hebron Cemetery: History". Mount Hebron Cemetery. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
- ^ Anna Klemm_and DHR Staff (July 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mount Hebron Cemetery and Gatehouse" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos
- ^ Congress, United States; Dodge, Andrew R.; Koed, Betty K. (2005). "Byrd, Harry Flood". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774–2005. Government Printing Office. p. 761. ISBN 9780160731761. Retrieved February 28, 2026.
- ^ Morton, Frederic (1925). The Story of Winchester in Virginia. Shenandoah Publishing House. pp. 141–142. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Archive.org.
External links
- Media related to Mount Hebron Cemetery (Winchester, Virginia) at Wikimedia Commons
- Mount Hebron Cemetery at Find a Grave