Woodlawn Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)

Woodlawn Cemetery
View from the front gate
Details
Established1895 (1895)
Location
4611 Benning Road SE,
Washington, D.C.
CountryUnited States
Typesecular and public; closed 1970
Owned byWoodlawn Cemetery Perpetual Care Association
Size22.5 acres (91,000 m2)
No. of graves36,000
Websitewww.woodlawndc.org
Find a GraveWoodlawn Cemetery
Woodlawn Cemetery
Coordinates38°53′6″N 76°56′19″W / 38.88500°N 76.93861°W / 38.88500; -76.93861
NRHP reference No.96001499
Added to NRHPDecember 20, 1996

Woodlawn Cemetery is a historic cemetery in the Benning Ridge neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States. The 22.5-acre (91,000 m2) cemetery contains approximately 36,000 burials, nearly all of them African Americans. The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 20, 1996.