Riverside Cemetery is a historic
rural cemetery
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and national
historic district
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located at
Oswego in
Oswego County, New York
Oswego County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 117,525. The county seat is Oswego. The county name is from a Mohawk-language word meaning "the pouring out place", referring ...
. It was established in 1855 and designed by landscape architect
Burton Arnold Thomas (1808–1880). Within the boundaries of this contributing site are six contributing buildings, 12 contributing structures, and 18 contributing objects. Notable burials include
De Witt Clinton Littlejohn (1818–1892),
Luther W. Mott (1874–1923),
Newton W. Nutting (1840–1889),
Joel Turrill (1794–1859),
David P. Brewster (1801–1876),
Rudolph Bunner (1779–1837),
James Cochran (1769–1848),
John C. Churchill (1821–1905),
Leander Babcock (1811–1864),
Abraham P. Grant (1804–1871), and
Orville Robinson (1801–1882).
[ ''See also:'' ]The Political Graveyard: Oswego County, N.Y.
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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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in 1993.
References
External links
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Riverside Cemetery – Oswego, NY – U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com
Riverside Cemetery of Oswego, NY Website
Riverside Cemetery of Oswego, NY YouTube channel
{{National Register of Historic Places in New York
Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Cemeteries in Oswego County, New York
Oswego, New York
National Register of Historic Places in Oswego County, New York
Rural cemeteries