National Register of Historic Places

Elmwood Cemetery

Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina
Listed
September 5, 1996
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
96000984

About this property

Elmwood Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located at Columbia, South Carolina, United States. It was established in 1854, and expanded in 1921. The older section is heavily wooded and has a section devoted to Confederate dead. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. Christie Benet (1879–1951), American Democratic politician who briefly represented South Carolina in the United States Senate in 1918. Daniel Bragg Clayton (1817–1906), an American Southern Universalist minister who was instrumental in spreading and defending Universalism in the Southeast United States. Walter Clinton Goodpasture Jr. (1917–1942), a United States Marine Corps captain during World War II and his wife Mary Brennen (née Daly) Goodpasture (1921–1942) who were two of the 492 victims of the Cocoanut Grove fire. Walter Higbe (1915–1985), American professional baseball player who played in five of the Major League Baseball teams from 1937 until 1950, including the Brooklyn Dodgers. Athalia L. J. Irwin (1862–1915), an American Universalist minister who broke gender barriers within her denomination. She was the first female editor of The Universalist Herald. William Zachariah Leitner (1829–1888), state representative and senator and South Carolina Secretary of State. Alva M. Lumpkin (1886–1941), American Democratic politician who briefly represented South Carolina in the United States Senate in 1941. Media related to Elmwood Cemetery (Columbia, South Carolina) at Wikimedia Commons

Location

501 Elmwood Ave.
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina
34.01497, -81.05309

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Nearby Historic Sites

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Elmwood Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 5, 1996.

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