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South Bend City Cemetery, a 21.36-acre designed landscape is South Bend’s oldest cemetery, founded in 1832. City Cemetery is situated immediately west of the city’s downtown core, just northwest of the West Washington National Register District, added to the Register in 1975 and is about one mile southwest of the St. Joseph River. The trapezoid shaped site, a result of multiple expansions, contains approximately 14,800 burials. It is composed of lots that are of a regular grid pattern as well as an (1899) expansion of irregular and circular lots. These later meandering pathways, in response to the little topographic variation, were designed to provide a variety of changing vistas.
The style of City Cemetery ranges from municipal to lawn park and includes veterans’ sections and a potter’s field. Characteristic of the lawn park movement of the late 19th century, the cemetery site combines a variety of three-dimensional stone types, as well as a wide variety of tree species. Today surrounded by an urban neighborhood, City Cemetery is a unique representation of this cemetery type rarely seen in a rapidly developing urban setting.
A tour of this cemetery is not currently scheduled. However, if you would like to keep up to date on the latest cemetery tours, you can follow Michiana Cemetery Tours on Facebook (@Michiana Cemetery Tour or by clicking the button below):
Check the web ArcGIS plot finder for City Cemetery (look for the “Find A Grave” button at the top right of the screen): Click Here
FindaGrave.com page for South Bend City Cemetery: Click Here
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South Bend City Cemetery, a 21.36-acre designed landscape is South Bend’s oldest cemetery, founded in 1832. City Cemetery is situated immediately west of the city’s downtown core, just northwest of the West Washington National Register District, added to the Register in 1975 and is about one mile southwest of the St. Joseph River. The trapezoid shaped site, a result of multiple expansions, contains approximately 14,800 burials. It is composed of lots that are of a regular grid pattern as well as an (1899) expansion of irregular and circular lots. These later meandering pathways, in response to the little topographic variation, were designed to provide a variety of changing vistas.
The style of City Cemetery ranges from municipal to lawn park and includes veterans’ sections and a potter’s field. Characteristic of the lawn park movement of the late 19th century, the cemetery site combines a variety of three-dimensional stone types, as well as a wide variety of tree species. Today surrounded by an urban neighborhood, City Cemetery is a unique representation of this cemetery type rarely seen in a rapidly developing urban setting.
A tour of this cemetery is not currently scheduled. However, if you would like to keep up to date on the latest cemetery tours, you can follow Michiana Cemetery Tours on Facebook (@Michiana Cemetery Tour or by clicking the button below):
Check the web ArcGIS plot finder for City Cemetery (look for the “Find A Grave” button at the top right of the screen): Click Here
FindaGrave.com page for South Bend City Cemetery: Click Here
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Established in 1908, Riverview Cemetery in South Bend, Indiana is located near the historical marker La Salle’s Landing. Much of the grounds are located on a bluff above the St. Joseph River. The cemetery has 27 private mausoleums, more than any other in Indiana.
Riverview Cemetery offers cremation gardens, inside and outside niche banks, niche library in historical home, six mausoleums, three lawn crypt gardens, and traditional in-ground burial sections.
The cemetery is located in Portage Township on the east side of Portage Avenue at its intersection with Lathrop Street.
Indiana Cemetery Locations, Volume 3, published by the Indiana Genealogical Society (April 2007), gives the primary cemetery name as Riverview Cemetery.
The cemetery is listed in the Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and in the State Historical Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) with Cemetery Record Number CR-71-44 (Riverview).
The Indiana Historic Sites and Structures Inventory (IHSSI) survey number for Riverview Cemetery is 141-598-02009 with the dataset compiled in 2006.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) feature ID for the cemetery is 452751 (Riverview Cemetery).
A tour of this cemetery is not currently scheduled. However, if you would like to keep up to date on the latest cemetery tours, you can follow Michiana Cemetery Tours on Facebook (@Michiana Cemetery Tour or by clicking the button below):
FindaGrave.com page for Riverview Cemetery: Click Here
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On May 8, 1914, a group of South Bend businessmen founded the South Bend Highland Cemetery Association. The cemetery covers 115 acres and has a mausoleum that was designed and built by Sidney Lovell and his company Lovell & Lovell. The Chicago Daily Tribune reported that Lovell, alone or in association with his son, designed 56 mausoleums and mausoleum additions in his lifetime.
A tour of this cemetery is not currently scheduled. However, if you would like to keep up to date on the latest cemetery tours, you can follow Michiana Cemetery Tours on Facebook (@Michiana Cemetery Tour or by clicking the button below):
FindaGrave.com page for Highland Cemetery: Click Here
