Green Lawn Cemetery

Landscape architect Howard Daniels designed the original portion of Green Lawn Cemetery in 1848, and noted Columbus architect Frank Packard designed its Chapel mausoleum, the Hayden family mausoleum, and the Packard mausoleum. Spanning over 360 acres, the cemetery's wooded setting provides habitat for a variety of birds and other wildlife. Its Chapel contains stained glass windows and mosaic artwork by Tiffany & Company of New York. The monuments, obelisks, and memorials throughout the cemetery represent a wealth of artwork and a history of Columbus. As one of the oldest and largest cemeteries in Ohio, Green Lawn is the resting place of many noted individuals who made significant contributions to Columbus, Franklin County, and the nation, including Gordon Battelle, founder of Battelle Memorial Institute; Samuel Bush, president of Buckeye Steel Castings and grandfather and great grandfather of United States Presidents George Bush and George W. Bush; Dr. Lincoln Goodale, the first physician to practice in Franklinton, now Columbus; P. W. Huntington, founder of Huntington National Bank in Columbus in 1866 and a member of Green Lawn's Board of Trustees for over forty years; Simon Lazarus, who began Lazarus department stores in 1851; James Poindexter, barber, minister, conductor on the Underground Railroad, and the first African American elected to Columbus City Council; James Rhodes, the longest serving governor of Ohio; Eddie Rickenbacker, racecar driver and World War I flying ace; Lucas Sullivant, surveyor and planner of the city of Franklinton in 1797; James Thurber, twentieth century humorist, author, and cartoonist; and honored veterans of every war since the Civil War.

Columbus, Ohio · United States