Lake View Cemetery is a historic

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in the town of Sweden, near Brockport in

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. The cemetery was established in 1891. It includes a

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style chapel / receiving vault, a small pond, a

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tiered fountain, and a distinctive serpentine road system. ''See also:'' The cemetery has more than 5,000 burials. Among the noted burials are actress

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(1912–2000) and US Congressmen Henry W. Seymour (1834–1906) & Richard C. Shannon (1839–1920). It was listed on the

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in 2009.

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* {{National Register of Historic Places in New York Brockport, New York Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) 1891 establishments in New York (state) Cemeteries in Monroe County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, New York Rural cemeteries Cemeteries established in the 1890s