Date: may
30, 2001
Cemetery: Woodlawn Cemetery
Established:
Street: 4611 Benning Road S.E., Washington, DC
Type: Road-public
City: Washington, DC
Township:
County:
State:
Nation: USA
Zip:
Nearby: A Housing project
Location: Urban-developed
Land: Hillside
Water: No
Features: landlocked due to construction of a housing project
Sign: No
Land Type: Public
Access: Closed
Enclosure: Fence
Gate: Locks
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Unmarked graves: Unsure
Gravestones:
Broken gravestones: Yes
Toppled gravestones: Yes
Buried gravestones: Yes
Removed Gravestones: Unknown
Weather problems: Unknown
Pollution problems: Yes
Oldest grave:
Newest grave:
Association: No
Records: Unsure
Inventory: Yes
Records location: National Register of Historical Places, Listing
# 96001499, December 20, 1996
Condition: Cemetery destroyed
Vandalized: Yes
Police report:
VA: Graffiti
Overgrowth: Gravestones-Disturbing
Vegetation: Trees
Vegetation: Ground-Cover
Vegetation: Vines
Drainage:
Problem: Access denied
Problem: Apathy
Work Status: The current status of this cemetery is:
Owner: Unknown
Use: Dumping
Bordering: Residential
Change: Unknown
Reason:
Visited: Unknown
Archeology: Unknown
Contacted: Joanna Ellsberry at the McGuire Funeral Home in
Washington, DC
Other Information
According to Funeral Director at the McGuire
Funeral Home, this is the burial place of several of our nation's
leading African American citizens. Why it was placed on the National
Register of Historical Places, then left to be vandalized by fire, etc,
and allowed to be overgrown, I have no idea. I have tried in vain to
find out who is in charge so I can get in to tend to my family member's
graves. No one has been able to direct me to a person so might gain
access.
Submitted by:
name: Pinch Lee
Email: pinchlee@aol.com
