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Ivy Hill Cemetery (Alexandria, Virginia)

Cemetery in Alexandria, Virginia, US

Field	Value
name	Ivy Hill Cemetery
image	Memorial to Alexandria firefighters, Ivy Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia.jpg
established	1856
country	United States
location	Alexandria, Virginia
coordinates
type	Public
size	22+ acres
graves	10,000

Ivy Hill Cemetery is a cemetery in the Rosemont Historic District of the North Ridge neighborhood of Alexandria, Virginia, United States. Burials began at the site in 1837, when it was a family cemetery, and it received a charter as a community cemetery in 1856. The adjoining residential neighborhood was developed beginning in 1908 as a streetcar suburb of Washington, D.C., as trolley lines of the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon railway extended from Alexandria's nearby Union Station (opened 1905). The cemetery is now known for its rare and protected flora and fauna. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2025.

Notable burials

Judge Albert Vickers Bryan
Congressman Charles Creighton Carlin
Catharine Carter Critcher, painter, daughter of John Critcher
Congressman John Critcher
Bryan Fairfax, 8th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Charles M. Goodman, acclaimed modernist architect
Fairfax Harrison, railroad magnate
Vola Lawson, first female city manager of Alexandria
Lucy Randolph Mason (1882–1959), labor activist and suffragist
Benjamin Franklin Stringfellow, infamous Confederate spy
Nicholas Trist
Wernher von Braun, aerospace engineer and space flight pioneer
Harry H. Vaughan, military aide to President Harry S. Truman
Amelita Ward
Descendants of the Washington family, including W. Selden Washington

References

"Ivy Hill Cemetery". Ivy Hill Cemetery.
"Alexandria (particularly section 8 pp. 44–46".
"Ivy Hill Cemetery Historical Preservation Society – Alexandria, VA 22301 – Visit Alexandria, Virginia".
"WEEKLY LIST OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON PROPERTIES: 3/27/2025 THROUGH 4/4/2025". National Park Service.
[http://www.ivyhill.org/ihc-web%20site%20core-bk%2004-12-10%20%20.pdf Ivy Hill Cemetery Company]
(1959-05-08). "Funeral Set Wednesday for Miss Lucy R. Mason". [[Richmond Times-Dispatch]].
Sec. B, lot 42, site 5, Ivy Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, VA., Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 47683-47684). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.
Ivy Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, VA., Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Location 48952). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.
Sec. 31, lot 8, site 1, Ivy Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, VA., Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Location 49545). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.
(1953-07-23). "Rites Tomorrow for Washington Family Descendant". [[The Richmond News Leader]].

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