Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Crown Hill Cemetery - Indianapolis, IN

While visiting family in Indiana over the holidays, I checked out Crown Hill Cemetery. The cemetery is located at 700 West 38th Street in Indianapolis and is the third largest non-governmental cemetery in the US. It was dedicated in1864. It sits on 555 acres,  has 200,000 graves and services about 1500 burials a year.  It also sits on the highest geographic point within the city limits. It is the final resting place of James Whitcomb Riley and John Dillinger as well as many others.

 

The view from James W. Riley's grave

Crown Hill Gateway

James W. Riley's grave (the highest point)

John Dillinger's grave


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