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Lake View Cemetery (Ithaca, New York)

Coordinates: 42°27′25″N 76°29′42″W / 42.45694°N 76.49500°W / 42.45694; -76.49500
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Lake View Cemetery
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Established1894
Location
605 E Shore Dr, Ithaca, New York
CountryUnited States
Coordinates42°27′25″N 76°29′42″W / 42.45694°N 76.49500°W / 42.45694; -76.49500
No. of graves8,000
Websitelakeview-ithaca.org
Find a GraveLake View Cemetery
The Cornell Family mausoleum, designed by William Henry Miller

Lake View Cemetery is a historic cemetery in the city of Ithaca, in Tompkins County, New York named for its original view of nearby Lake Cayuga.

History

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The cemetery was established in 1894. It includes an Egyptian Revival style mausoleum and receiving vault, a distinctive serpentine road system and architectural works by William Henry Miller and Liberty Hyde Bailey.[1]

Lake View Cemetery was hit with a series of embezzlement scandals in the twenty-first century. In 2006, a groundskeeper pled guilty to stealing $87,709 from the cemetery.[2] In 2014, a former caretaker and president of Lake View Cemetery was charged with embezzling over $50,000 and "selling or giving away" much of the cemetery's equipment.[2] The cemetery is currently in operation, selling burial lots and providing burial services.[3]

Notable burials

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Given its proximity to Cornell University, the cemetery includes a number of significant figures from the university's history, including members of the Cornell family, and the graves of faculty members.

References

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  1. ^ "Cemetery History". Lake View Cemetery. Archived from the original on August 7, 2022. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Hart, Glynis (March 19, 2014). "Lakeview Cemetery Tries to Regroup After Embezzlement". ithaca.com. Archived from the original on July 30, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  3. ^ "Cemetery Home Page". Lake View Cemetery. Archived from the original on November 2, 2023. Retrieved November 2, 2023.