Wildwood Cemetery and Mary Lyon Fisher Memorial Chapel

Historic cemetery in New York, United States

United States historic place


Wildwood Cemetery and Mary Lyon Fisher Memorial Chapel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

43°36′30″N 75°20′43″W / 43.60833°N 75.34528°W / 43.60833; -75.34528
Area	37 acres (15 ha)
Built	1906 (1906), 1921
Built by	W. H. Rich & Sons
Architect	Gouge & Ames
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	11000403^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 27, 2011

Wildwood Cemetery and Mary Lyon Fisher Memorial Chapel is a historic cemetery and chapel located at Lyons Falls in Lewis County, New York. The cemetery was established in 1906, and the chapel constructed in 1921. It remains an active burial ground containing 736 marked burials. The memorial chapel is a two-story, masonry building in the Late Gothic Revival style designed by Utica architects Gouge & Ames. It consists of a rectangular main section, measuring 19 feet by 24 feet, with a rear chancel addition measuring 9 feet by 15 feet. Also in the cemetery is a contributing plaque to Caleb Lyon Sr.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 6/27/11 through 7/01/11. National Park Service. 2011-07-08.
^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2015-11-01. Note: This includes Travis Bowman (October 2010). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Wildwood Cemetery and Mary Lyon Fisher Memorial Chapel" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-11-01. and Accompanying photographs