New Video! A Snowy Visit to Laurel Hill and West Laurel Hill Cemeteries!

A Snowy Visit to Laurel Hill and West Laurel Hill Cemeteries

Supporters

Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission
Phoebe W. Haas Charitable Trust B
Hamilton Family Foundation
Philadelphia Cultural Management Initiative
Philadelphia Cultural Fund
The Barra Foundation
Samuel S. Fels Funds

Friends & Partners

West Laurel Hill Cemetery
Eco Express
Fairmount Park Council for Historic Sites
Schuylkill River Heritage Area
Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia
Heritage Conservancy
Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia
National Park Service
East Falls Development Corporation
TreeVitalize
East Falls School Committee
Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe
Marketplace at East Falls
Laurel Hill Mansion
Fairmount Park Commission
Fairmount Park Art Association
Fairmount Park Historic Preservation Trust
Fairmount Park Conservancy
Philadelphia Hospitality
Cell Phones for Soldiers

Affiliates

Civil War History Consortium
Civil War & Underground Railroad Museum of Philadelphia
General Meade Society
The Union League
The Morris Arboretum
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Village of Arts & Humanities:
Cliveden of the National Trust
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Eastern State Penitentiary
Mutter Museum
The Wagner Free Institute of Science
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
The Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center
Whistling Past the Graveyard

Fellow Historic Cemeteries

Woodlands (Philadelphia, PA)
Christ Church Burial Ground (Philadelphia, PA)
Mount Auburn Cemetery (Cambridge, MA)
The Green-Wood Cemetery (Brooklyn, NY)
Allegheny Cemetery (Pittsburgh, PA)
Historic Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta, GA)
Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond, VA)
Spring Grove Cemetery (Cincinnati, OH)
Le Cimetiere du Pere-Lachaise (Paris, France)
Fair Hill Burial Ground (Philadelphia, PA)
Woodlawn Cemetery (New York City, NY)

Local Resources

Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau
GoCityKids - Philadelphia
Philly Fun Guide
GoPhila.com

Historic Conservation Services

John Milner Associates
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts

Research

Philly Graves
U.S. History.org
Wikipedia
Find A Grave
The Political Graveyard

Selected News Links (2009)

Laurel Hill, A Hidden Cemetery, Gets New Look (Philadelphia Inquirer, 4 April)
Unusual Twist in Civil War Commemoration (Philadelphia Inquirer, 25 May)
Voices From the Grave on Your Cell - Article (NBC10, 14 July)
Voices From the Grave on Your Cell - Video (NBC10, 14 July)
Philadelphia Zoo and Laurel Hill Get Tech Exhibits (Technically Philly, 28 July)
Hill Resident Manages City\'s Most Historic Cemetery (The Chestnut Hill Local, 30 July)
The After Party: Laurel Hill Cemetery\'s Got Big Plans For the Dearly Departed (City Paper, 18 August)
Former Head of the Zoo Will Oversee Historic Cemeteries (Philadelphia Business Journal, 28 August)
Longtime City Official Finds New Challenge in Cemetery (Philadelphia Inquirer, 1 September)

Featured Photos of Laurel Hill

GJFOTO (360 degree panoramas of Laurel Hill)
Morbid Outlook
Stone Angels
Laurel Hill Flickr Group

Additional Laurel Hill Cemetery Links

Tumblr
Facebook
Twitter
MySpace
  contact site map