Columbia Cemetery (Columbia, Missouri)
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| Location | Columbia, Missouri |
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| Built | 1858 |
| Architect | Major, Horace F., |
| Architectural style | Romanesque, Other |
| NRHP Reference # | 06001335 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 1, 2007 |
The Columbia Cemetery in Columbia, Missouri has been in use as a cemetery since 1820.[2] The cemetery historically contains Caucasian, African-American, and Jewish sections. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
Notable interments
- Philemon Bliss - Politician, Chief Justice, Educator
- John William "Blind" Boone - Musician
- Jane Froman - Actress and Singer
- Odon Guitar - Soldier
- William Wilson Hudson[3] - Third president of the University of Missouri
- Richard Henry Jesse[3] - Eighth president of the University of Missouri
- John Carleton Jones[3] - Tenth president of the University of Missouri
- John Hiram Lathrop[3] - First president of the University of Missouri
- Frederick Middlebush[3] - Thirteenth president of the University of Missouri
- William Lester Nelson - Politician
- James S. Rollins - Politician and Lawyer
- Max Schwabe - Politician
- James Shannon - Academic
- Willard Duncan Vandiver - Politician
- Edwin Moss Watson - Newspaper Editor
- Abraham J. Williams - Politician
- Walter Williams[3] - founder of the Missouri School of Journalism and twelfth president of the University of Missouri
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Categories:
- Pages with broken file links
- Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri
- Buildings and structures in Columbia, Missouri
- Cemeteries in Missouri
- Visitor attractions in Columbia, Missouri
- Protected areas of Boone County, Missouri
- Geography of Columbia, Missouri
- Missouri Registered Historic Place stubs
