Date: June
12, 2001
Cemetery: Oak Hill Cemetery
Established: 1853
Street: 1400 E. Virginia Street
Type: Road-public
City: Evansville
Township: Knight
County: Vanderburgh
State: Indiana
Nation: USA
Zip: 47711
Nearby: US Highway 41 and Virgina Street
Location: Urban-developed
Land: Flat
Watersource: Yes
Features: Large variety of trees, 3 ponds.
Sign: Yes
Land Type: Public
Access: Open
Enclosure: Wall
Gate: Locks
Status: Active
Size: Large
Gravestones: 67,000
Oldest: 1853
Newest: 2001
Unmarked: Yes
Broken: Yes
Toppled: Yes
Buried: Yes
Removed: Unknown
Weather problems: No
Pollution problems: Yes
Association: No
Records: Yes
Inventory: No
Records location:
Condition: The part of the cemetery where the soccer complex is
planned has no burials and the remaining part of the cemetery won't be
disturbed.
Vandalized: No
Overgrowth: None
Drainage: Good
Work Status: Planning stages
Owner: Cemetery
Use:
Bordering: Commercial
Change: Same
Reason:
Visited: Frequently
Archeology: Unknown
Contacted:
Other Information
The City of Evansville owns the cemetery and
wants to install a $2.5 million dollar, 13 field, soccer complex on 50
acres of empty cemetery land. Supposedly the land will be returned to
the cemetery when it is needed.
Support
The Mayor of Evansville, Russ Lloyd Jr. <evvmayor@evansville,net>
Stephen Melcher, City Councilman, Chairman of
the Finance Commitee, Oak Hill Cemetery is in his Ward <melcher@sigecom.net>
City Council <citygov@evansville.net>
Submitted by:
name: Chris Myers
Email: cdmyers@sigecom.net
