Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio

Green Lawn Cemetery is a large and historically significant burial ground in Central Ohio, United States. Located in the southern section of Columbus, Ohio (at the western terminus of Greenlawn Avenue), it is the final resting place for many local notables and well-known figures from national history. Green Lawn was the most fashionable and sought after final address in Columbus, and maintains that reputation today.HistoryFounded in 1848, and designed by noted landscape architect Howard Daniels, the facility covers over 360acre and contains nearly 150,000 interments.The crypts span the breadth of late-Victorian and turn-of-the-century architectural movements, including some styled in the Mesopotamian - Egyptian style favored during the burst of "Egyptian mania" enjoyed after Howard Carter's discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922. Some of the largest family crypts that can be seen are those of the Hayden, Battelle, and Packard families. Also entombed here with their own private burial plots surrounding the central crypt is the Lazarus family, the patriarchal line that founded and ran the popular department store chains known as the F&R Lazarus & Company, the John Shillito Company, and Federated Department Stores.There are specialized burial areas similar to those found in many other large cemeteries. Specifically, there is "Lullabye Land" where stillborns and infant deaths are laid to rest. There are six distinct areas for war veterans, each one a section dedicated to a specific American war and including the oldest section towards the western rear of the cemetery for Civil War veterans of Ohio infantry battalions. A monument is erected towards the westernmost boundary for the "Soldiers and Sailors" memorial movement. There is also one British Commonwealth war grave, of a Royal Air Force Ferry Command officer of World War II.