Evergreen Cemetery and Crematory is a cemetery and crematorium located at 1137 North Broad Street, Hillside, Union County, New Jersey. Parts of it are in Hillside, Elizabeth, and Newark.[2]
Evergreen Cemetery | |
Location | Elizabeth, Hillside and Newark, New Jersey, United States |
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Coordinates | 40°41′32″N 74°12′39″W / 40.69222°N 74.21083°W |
Area | 115 acres (47 hectares) |
Architect | Multiple |
Architectural style | Mid-19th-century revival, late-19th- and 20th-century revivals, late Victorian |
NRHP reference No. | 91000882 [1] |
Added to NRHP | July 9, 1991 |
The cemetery is listed on both the New Jersey Register[3] and the National Register of Historic Places,[4] since 1991.[5]
Notable graves include authors Stephen Crane, Mary Mapes Dodge and Edward Stratemeyer. Six former U.S. Congressmen (including one who became Senator) and one non-voting delegate (from Alaska) are buried there as well.
The cemetery also is known for having a section of plots devoted to Romani "gypsy" families.[6][7][8]
It is adjacent to Weequahic Golf Course.
King of the Gypsies was filmed there with Shelley Winters.[9]
Go to Evergreen Cemetery in Hillside and you will find a writers' warren. Perhaps the most famous is Stephen Crane, who grew up in Asbury Park and is best known for The Red Badge of Courage. Also there is Mary Mapes Dodge, who was said to never have been to Europe before writing Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates. And though the achievement of another resident, Edward Stratemeyer, may not be in the realm of Mr. Crane's, his creations include Nancy Drew, the Bobbsey Twins and the Hardy Boys.
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