PHOTOS: Hollywood Cemetery, from the RTD archives
Wander through Richmond’s most storied resting place with this gallery of Hollywood Cemetery photos, a visual record of the winding hills, river overlooks and iconic monuments that have shaped its quiet beauty for more than a century. From early images of its Victorian garden‑cemetery design to snapshots of presidential gravesites, Confederate memorials and everyday moments along the James, these photographs trace how Hollywood has evolved while remaining one of the city’s most hauntingly beautiful landmarks. It’s a look at Richmond’s history written not in text, but in stone, landscape and memory.
Valentine Richmond History Center's Saturday afternoon guided walking tour of Hollywood Cemetery focuses on the role womena's groups played in the cemetery's history.
Friends of Hollywood Cemetery began a year ago as the fundraising adjunct of Hollywood Cemetery, in Richmond, Va. The group has gotten $70,000 in grants toward restoration of the Presidents Circle section, phase one of the restoration project. Here, a new stone now stands where one needed retoring within the Presidents Circle.
Confederate flags are placed in front of tomb stones of Confederate soldiers at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond on Wednesday, July 15, 2015.
Bill Brown, left, and other members of Sons of Confederate Veterans, salute to Confederate Flag after Pledge of Allegiance to US Flag during a historical marker dedication ceremony for Dr. Rufus Benjamin Weaver at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond on Wednesday, July 15, 2015. Dr. Weaver is credited with bringing bodies of Confederate soldiers from Gettysburg for burial back in the South.
A historical marker of Dr. Rufus Benjamin Weaver is placed at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond on Wednesday, July 15, 2015. Dr. Weaver is credited with bringing bodies of Confederate soldiers from Gettysburg for burial back in the South.
A couple jogs down one of the roads that crisscross Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, VA Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015.
The newly-restored Rinceau style fence beside Presidents Circle in Hollywood Cemetery. in Richmond, VA Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015. The restoration was funded by the Anne Carter Robins and Walter R. Robins, Jr. Foundation.
A woman and child walk down one of the roads that crisscross Hollywood Cemetery. in Richmond, VA Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015.
Presidents Circle in Hollywood Cemetery is the final resting place for 2 US presidents, James Monroe (center) and John Tyler.
Richmond from Hollywood Cemetery, 1854, 536.01 Valentine Richmond History Center by William MacLeod; engraving
A woman and child walk down one of the roads that crisscross Hollywood Cemetery. in Richmond, VA Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015.
Anna Nicholson likes to walk through Hollywood Cemetery because it is "beautiful and scenic out here," she said Tuesday, February 24, 2015. She is a runner, but walks when it is cold.
Katie Montgomery, VCU freshman, walks through Palmer Chapel with her bicycles at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond on Tuesday, September 23, 2014. Montgomery, an art student, visits the cemetery quite often for drawing a picture as well as having some quite time.
The grave of President James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States, who was reinterred in Hollywood Cemetery in 1858 at Richmond's Hollywood Cemetery. The cemetery's website says that the Gothic Revival ironwork above the grave is nicknamed "The Birdcage." July 11, 2015.
1-31-1941: Taps for a Confederate - Company C of the Richmond Blues today fired a salute over the grave of John Wesley Blizzard, 97, last Confederate soldier at the Confederate Soldiers' Home here, who died Wednesday. Military rites were held at Hollywood Cemetery. Colors were borne by American Legion Post, No. 1. In attendance were members of the U.D.C., and members of the board of R.E. Lee Camp acted as pallbearers.
Anna Nicholson likes to walk through Hollywood Cemetery because it is "beautiful and scenic out here," she said Tuesday, February 24, 2015. She is a runner, but walks when it is cold.
Jane Hendley walks her dog Trudy in Hollywood Cemetery Tuesday, February 24, 2015.
Anna Nicholson likes to walk through Hollywood Cemetery because it is "beautiful and scenic out here," she said Tuesday, February 24, 2015. She is a runner, but walks when it is cold.
Rose bush was planted next to a tomb at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond.
People walk through Hollywood Cemetery during a Valentine Richmond History Center walking tour Sunday, July 13, 2008.
Title: [Richmond, Va. Tomb of President James Monroe in Hollywood Cemetery] Date Created/Published: 1865. Medium: 1 negative (2 plates) : glass, stereograph, wet collodion. Summary: Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865. Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-cwpb-02923 (digital file from original neg. of left half) LC-DIG-cwpb-02924 (digital file from original neg. of right half) LC-B8171-3379 (b&w film copy neg.) Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. Call Number: LC-B811- 3379 [P&P] Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA Notes: Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0523 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Two plates form left (LC-B811-02923) and right (LC-B811-02924) halves of a stereograph pair. File print in LOT 4162-C. Forms part of Selected Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 (Library of Congress)
Jane Hendley walks her dog Trudy in Hollywood Cemetery Tuesday, February 24, 2015.
Crosses frame a view of the Robert E. Lee Bridge from Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, VA Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015.
Bill Brown, a member of Sons of Confederate Veterans, reads a photo frame of the Gettysburg historical marker for Dr. Rufus Benjamin Weaver during a historical marker dedication ceremony for Dr. Weaver at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond on Wednesday, July 15, 2015. Dr. Weaver is credited with bringing bodies of Confederate soldiers from Gettysburg for burial back in the South.
The newly-restored Rinceau style fence beside Presidents Circle in Hollywood Cemetery. in Richmond, VA Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015. The restoration was funded by the Anne Carter Robins and Walter R. Robins, Jr. Foundation.
Jane Hendley walks her dog Trudy in Hollywood Cemetery Tuesday, February 24, 2015.
Friends of Hollywood Cemetery began a year ago as the fundraising adjunct of Hollywood Cemetery, in Richmond, Va. The group has gotten $70,000 in grants toward restoration of the Presidents Circle section, phase one of the restoration project. Here, a new stone now stands where one needed retoring within the Presidents Circle.
A stone angel is silhouetted in front of a view of the city from Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, VA Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015. The monument on the right is the grave of former Virginia governor Fitzhugh Lee.
1-31-1941: Taps for a Confederate - Company C of the Richmond Blues today fired a salute over the grave of John Wesley Blizzard, 97, last Confederate soldier at the Confederate Soldiers' Home here, who died Wednesday. Military rites were held at Hollywood Cemetery. Colors were borne by American Legion Post, No. 1. In attendance were members of the U.D.C., and members of the board of R.E. Lee Camp acted as pallbearers.
A stone angel is silhouetted in front of a view of the city from Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, VA Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015. The monument on the right is the grave of former Virginia governor Fitzhugh Lee.
Crosses frame a view of the Robert E. Lee Bridge from Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, VA Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015.
Title: The ceremony at the grave, in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia [Funeral of Pres. James Monroe] Date Created/Published: 1858. Medium: 1 print : wood engraving. Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-73820 (b&w film copy neg.) Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 2, (1858 July 17), p. 457.
Accession No. 1999.161.557 Artist/Maker Wells, J.; Hinshelwood, Robert. (other artist) Title Engraving, "Richmond, Va. and its Vicinity" Dates Second half 19th C. Description Engraving, 1863, by J. Wells. Printed title: "Richmond, Va. and its Vicinity." A Civil War bird's-eye view of Richmond, Virginia. Printed credits: "J. Wells, del. R. Hinshelwood, sc. Entered according to act of Congress A. D. 1863 by Virtue Yorston & Co. in the clerk's office of the district court of the United States for the southern dist. of N. Y. " Printed text identifies numbered sites in image: "1. James River. 2. Manchester. 3. Spring Hill. 4. James River Canal. 5. Iron & Flour Mills. 6. Hollywood Cemetery. 7. Water Works. 8. Capitol & Square." 20.64 cm x 28.26 cm Please credit it “Virginia Historical Society, 1999.161.557.”
Members of Virginia Division of Sons of Confederate Veterans wait for a historical marker dedication ceremony for Dr. Rufus Benjamin Weaver at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond on Wednesday, July 15, 2015. Dr. Weaver is credited with bringing bodies of Confederate soldiers from Gettysburg for burial back in the South.
Richmond's Hollywood Cemetery sold its first gravesite in 1849. According to the cemetery's website, "architect John Notman of Philadelphia was enlisted to design the cemetery. He suggested the name “Hollywood†due to the large amount of holly trees that dotted its hills." July 11, 2015.
Ian Pearce, center, and Billie Earnest, right, unveil the historical marker of Dr. Rufus Benjamin Weaver at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond on Wednesday, July 15, 2015. Dr. Weaver is credited with bringing bodies of Confederate soldiers from Gettysburg for burial back in the South.
The state is doing a $900K renovation of the James Monroe tomb at Hollywood Cemetery, timed to coincide with the 200th anniversary of his election as president.
TONING COMPLETE Richmond Grays march in Memorial Day Parade. Historic military unit leads way to Hollywood Cemetery. ORG XMIT: RIC1405301520039882
In May 1946, the historic Richmond Grays marched in a Memorial Day parade en route to Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond. The unit was organized in 1844 and served most famously in the Civil War; its history is incorporated in today’s 276th Engineer Battalion of the Virginia National Guard.
A stone angel is silhouetted in front of a view of the city from Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, VA Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015. The monument on the right is the grave of former Virginia governor Fitzhugh Lee.
A couple jogs down one of the roads that crisscross Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, VA Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015.
A woman and child (above) walked down a road overlooking the James River on Wednesday in Hollywood Cemetery. A stone angel (left) is silhouetted in front of a view of downtown Richmond. The cemetery is planning to build three new stone overlooks to create more options to sit and view the river. The first is expected to be finished this spring. (Details, Page B2)
The newly-restored Rinceau style fence beside Presidents Circle in Hollywood Cemetery. in Richmond, VA Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015. The restoration was funded by the Anne Carter Robins and Walter R. Robins, Jr. Foundation.
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