by Charlie Paine Preservation, Restoration, and Operations (PRO) Team Intern Oakland Cemetery’s Beaumont Allen Greenhouse is located between the historic boiler room and carriage house structure near the cemetery’s northern boundary. These buildings were constructed around the turn of the…
by Sara L. Van Beck, Garden Historian Strolling around Oakland today, much of the oldest part of the cemetery appears very open, lacking grave markers of any sort. However, we know from the burial abstracts there are very few actual…
by DL Henderson The first phase of the African American Grounds restoration has presented the Preservation, Restoration, and Operations (PRO) Team with many unique challenges and opportunities to hone our conservation skills. When we began working in Block 68, we…
by Dr. DL Henderson and Ashley Shares This month the Preservation, Restoration, and Operations (PRO) Team has restored Lot 2 of Block 70 in the African American Grounds. Block 70 is located east of the Confederate Obelisk on the north…
Historic Oakland Foundation (HOF) has a goal to completely restore Oakland Cemetery’s historic African American Grounds, and is now one step closer. This month HOF will finish a restoration project at the final resting place of one of Georgia’s first…
by Ashley Shares, Preservation Specialist Bedstead monuments were very popular grave markers in the 19th and early 20th century. A bedstead is composed of a headstone, footstone, and cradling. These elements represent the headboard, footboard, and bed rails on a…
Since its creation in 1891, Atlanta Town Committee Chapter of the Colonial Dames has worked on and sponsored preservation projects across the country. Thanks to a generous grant from Atlanta Town Committee Chapter of the Colonial Dames, the PRO Team…
by Ashley Shares, Preservation Specialist This fall during the Capturing the Spirit of Oakland Halloween Tours, Historic Oakland Foundation raised over $7,500 to restore the headstone of two trailblazing women buried in the African American Grounds, Dr. Beatrice Thompson…
by Ashley Shares, Preservation Specialist The National Parks Service is known in the preservation community as a guiding light. It is a hands-on advocating, and educating body that has offered assistance and advice to state, local, and grassroots heritage preservation…
Oakland Cemetery has a rich array of Victorian symbols on gravestones, crypts, and mausoleums throughout its 48 acres. From very simple ones like the dove — which represents peace from God — to very complex ones with many symbols. An…
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