Lot Diagrams, 1846-1975 | The Green-Wood Cemetery

By Marie Stark

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Collection Overview

Title: Lot Diagrams, 1846-1975

Extent: 0.0

Arrangement: Arranged by lot number.

Abstract

The Lot Diagrams collection contains 7 series of lots and the names associated with each lot in the Green-Wood Cemetery. The diagrams show the layout of the lots as well as the graves within the lots. Also included may be correspondences. Each series contains a listing of names of the individuals buried within each lot.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The records of the Green-Wood Cemetery Lot Diagrams collection include lot diagrams, correspondence, internment lists and dates and listings of individual names associated with each lot. The strength of the collection is found with the lot diagrams.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Lots 1167-70],
[Series 2: Lot 1696],
[Series 3: Lots 1152/5 and 13761],
[Series 4: Lots 1741-44],
[Series 5: Lots 1036-39],
[Series 6: Lot 1389-92],
[Series 7: Lot 825],
[Series 8: Colgate Lot (Lots 2150-57)],
[Series 9: Lot 2391],
[Series 10: Lots 1828/31],
[Series 11: Lots 2134/38 and 2139/44],
[All]

Series 9: Lot 2391

The diagram for lot 2391 was drawn c. 1930s by an unknown architect. The lot contains 36 graves and is possibly owned by the Milbank family(?). Last names associated with lot 2391 are: Baker, Barrie, Bodenstein, Dustan, Erickson, Hersey, Jenkins, L’Huillier, Mathison, Milbank, Milburn, Millbank, Moore, Rogers, Smith, Tanner, Van Norman, Wakeman, Wheeler, and Young. See insert for a full listing of names. Notes on the individual diagram may be found in the item level description of this series.

Folder 1: 1 Diagram of lot 2391

Item A: Diagram of Lot 2391, c. 1930s

Scale: ¼ inch = 1foot

Size: 18 5/8” x 18”

Details: The diagram contains 36 graves with a monument(?) in the center. 30 of the graves were in use as of 1939 according to the diagram. Names included on the diagram are: Sarah C. Milbank, Mary W. Milbank, Eliza W. Milbank, Elizabeth Milbank mother, Samuel Milbank father, Anna Adele Milbank, Isabella Gertrude Wheeler, George W. Moore, Charles Bud Milbank, Jane Hungerford Milbank, Robert W. and Antoinette L. Milbank, Robert M, Maria L. Milbank, Isabella G. Wakeman, Virginia W. Wakeman Smith, Virginia M.W. Baker, Catherine A. Milbank, John M. Young, Sophia C. Milbank, Samuel Milbank, Henry R. Milbank, Sophia Pease?, Lottie K. Milbank, Charles E. Milbank, Charles W. Milbank, Infant Children of Charles W. and Mary W. Milbank, Emma L. M. Baker, Wm. Martyn Baker, Mary J. Milbank, James C. Milbank. “Drawing showing mounds removed”.

Drawing Materials: ink on paper

Condition: Good

Design/Style: Graves in a circular pattern surrounding 5 graves and a possible monument