Nassau Knolls Cemetery (also known as Knolls Cemetery and Nassau Knolls Memorial Park) is a cemetery and memorial park in
Port Washington, in the
Town of North Hempstead
North Hempstead is one of three towns in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 237,639 at the 2020 census.
History
The area was first settled by Europeans around 1643 and became part of the town of Hem ...
, in
Nassau County, on the
North Shore of
Long Island, in
New York, United States.
History
The Nassau Knolls Cemetery was founded in April 1900 by the Lewis family – a prominent Port Washington family, with the current memorial park being formed in the 1930s.
It is the burial place for many prominent locals.
In 1940, the cemetery's bell tower opened. The tower's 18 bells were manufactured in nearby
Roslyn.
In 1946, the cemetery made newspaper headlines when it was searched by police, after reports were made that the suspect in the
Logan Murder had fled onto the property.
After a thorough search, the suspect was not found in the cemetery, and investigators shifted to search a nearby wooded area.
In the 2010s, the cemetery's bell tower received extensive renovations after years of neglect, reopening in 2018.
On March 22, 2021, Nassau Knolls received approval from the
Nassau County Legislature
The Nassau County Legislature is the lawmaking body of Nassau County, New York. Currently, it has 19 different members from 19 different districts. It was formed in 1996 to succeed the county's Board of Supervisors, which was ruled unconstitutio ...
to purchase additional, adjacent property on Beechwood Avenue to expand the cemetery.
The purchase was made due to the cemetery running out of existing space.
Notable interments
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Walter Uhl – Long Island builder and real estate developer.
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William Guggenheim Jr. – Member of the
Guggenheim Family
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.
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Jennifer Levin
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– Teenage murder victim; murdered in
Central Park
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by
Robert Chambers.
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Charles Vachris – Engineer and politician.
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See also
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Flower Hill Cemetery
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Monfort Cemetery
Monfort Cemetery is a historic cemetery located east of the intersection of Port Washington Boulevard (New York State Route 101, NY 101) and Main Street in Port Washington, New York, Port Washington, New York (state), New York, United States.
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References
External links
Official website Cemeteries in Nassau County, New York
1900 establishments in New York (state)
Cemeteries established in the 1900s