Virtual Cemeteries by Bill McKern
HOF

Hall of Fame for Great Americans

A Virtual Cemetery created by Bill McKern

102 memorials

Completed in 1901 at New York University, it was donated by Helen Gould. Nominees must have been native born or naturalized citizens, dead for 25 years (originally 10), and made major contributions to the nation. In disrepair since the mid 1970s, it has not added nominees and has not commissioned busts of the 1976 inductees. In 1973 NYU abandoned the Bronx campus, which later became Bronx Community College. In the late 1970s the state completed a $3 million restoration, and more recently $200,000 was spent to restore its 98 bronze busts. In 2001, Bronx Community College organized an ongoing $1 million fund raising effort to rebuild the Hall. www.bcc.cuny.edu/halloffame.

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John Adams

30 Oct 1735 – 4 Jul 1826

Second United States President, First United...

Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Plot info: Basement Crypt

John Quincy Adams

11 Jul 1767 – 23 Feb 1848

6th United States President, Presidential Cabinet...

Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Plot info: Basement Crypt - Reinterment from original burial location.

Jane Addams

6 Sep 1860 – 21 May 1935

Nobel Peace Prize Recipient. American social...

Cedarville, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA

Plot info: Front right section, Row 9, Lot 8

Louis Agassiz

28 May 1807 – 12 Dec 1873

Scientist. He was a paleontologist, glaciologist,...

Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

Plot info: Bellwort Path, Lot 2640

John James Audubon

26 Apr 1785 – 27 Jan 1851

Artist. Indelibly linked with the painting of...

Hamilton Heights, New York County, New York, USA

Plot info: East side of church

Edwin Booth

13 Nov 1833 – 7 Jun 1893

Actor. He received world-wide recognition as an...

Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

Plot info: Anemone Path, Lot 3281

Phillips Brooks

13 Dec 1835 – 23 Jan 1893

Religious Figure. Phillips Brooks received...

Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

Plot info: Fir Ave., Mimosa Path, Lot 1288

Andrew Carnegie

25 Nov 1835 – 11 Aug 1919

Businessman, Industrialist, Philanthropist. Born...

Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, USA

Plot info: Corner of Summit Avenue and Dingle Road

Rufus Choate

1 Oct 1799 – 13 Jul 1859

US Congressman, US Senator. He graduated from...

Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

Plot info: Walnut Avenue, Lot 3050