National Register of Historic Places

Wildwood Cemetery and Mary Lyon Fisher Memorial Chapel

Lyons Falls, Lewis County, New York
Listed
June 27, 2011
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
11000403

About this property

Wildwood Cemetery and Mary Lyon Fisher Memorial Chapel is a historic cemetery and chapel located at Lyons Falls in Lewis County, New York. The cemetery was established in 1906, and the chapel constructed in 1921. It remains an active burial ground containing 736 marked burials. The memorial chapel is a two-story, masonry building in the Late Gothic Revival style designed by Utica architects Gouge & Ames. It consists of a rectangular main section, measuring 19 feet by 24 feet, with a rear chancel addition measuring 9 feet by 15 feet. Also in the cemetery is a contributing plaque to Caleb Lyon Sr. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

Location

Lyons Falls, Lewis County, New York
43.60893, -75.34521

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Wildwood Cemetery and Mary Lyon Fisher Memorial Chapel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 27, 2011.

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