Homewood Cemetery: Early History

The Homewood Cemetery was founded in 1878 with a purchase of 175 acres of land. This tour will focus on the sections of the Cemetery that were established from its inception until roughly World War I. More than simply sharing stories of the people interred in this historic burial ground, Jennie Benford, the Cemetery’s long-time historian, will discuss the interplay among the Cemetery’s historic landscape, more than a century’s worth of monuments and plantings, and the continuing evolution of the City outside its gates.