The gravesite of Civil War veteran Julius Johnson is marked by a simple headstone, a tranquil final resting place for nearly 150 years. Until there was the hole. In early April, a volunteer working on ...

Spring Grove Cemetery -- the third largest cemetery and a U.S. National Historic Landmark -- has been closed to nonessential visitors amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The cemetery will close, effective 8 a ...

Cincinnati’s Dexter family kept renowned Cincinnati architect James Keys Wilson pretty much tied to his drawing table in the late 1860s. Following the death of patriarch Edmund Dexter and the end of ...

The cemetery, founded in 1883 as part of the 19 th century rural cemetery movement, was a popular place for carriage rides and picnics in its early days, Merkle said. Many cemeteries of that time were ...

Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum has a new green burial area, where the dead – unembalmed – can be lowered into the ground for eternity. Lined by a stand of mature trees, the area was developed ...