photograph by wallyg via Flickr
The Green-Wood Cemetery, NY: Green-Wood Cemetery was established in 1838 as the largest and most varied of the early American rural cemeteries. Its scale, diverse topography, and intended civic prominence made it the prototype for the creation of a cemetery with Picturesque landscaping. Inspired by Alexander Jackson Downing, the most nationally prominent landscape designer in antebellum America, David Bates Douglass conceived the overall plan for the Picturesque landscape. The complementary Gothic Revival buildings were designed by Richard Upjohn and his son Richard Mitchell Upjohn.