Every day, members of the Historic Oakland Foundation strive to fulfill the Foundation's mission to preserve, restore, enhance and share Oakland Cemetery. Due to Covid, day-to-day interactions between staff members have been limited and often virtual, but in the past…
In the heart of Buckhead lies a piece of history that most residents of this affluent community know nothing about. Mt. Olive Cemetery, located off Pharr Road, is a tiny cemetery on a shrubby hill adjacent to Frankie Allen Park.…
In 2018, Historic Oakland Foundation's PRO Team restored the Smith-Callaway ledgers in Oakland's historic African American Burial Grounds. Director of Preservation Ashley Shares and Preservation and Operations Specialist Sean Diaz describe re-leveling the marble ledgers in a relatively small space…
"Wait, you work at a cemetery?" For the past year and a half, I have been asked this question at least once a week, usually because I am covered in dirt. After responding yes, the next string of questions and…
Last week the PRO Team tackled some long-overdue critical projects across the cemetery. One such project was re-setting the tombstone of Elizabeth (Betsy) Pilgrim, wife of Oakland’s second sexton, Green Pilgrim. Although the preservation work was straightforward and probably not…
Through a generous grant from the National Society of the Colonial Dames, Oakland's preservation team was able to undertake the meticulous task of cleaning the many female statuary of Oakland. Most of the 27 angels and depictions of loved ones…
Watch this lot restoration timelapse as Sean from Historic Oakland Foundation's preservation team explains the process he used for this die-on-base reset with some cradling. Learn more about HOF's East Hill restoration project.
Visitors to Oakland Cemetery are often surprised to learn the scale of restoration work conducted by Historic Oakland Foundation's Preservation, Restoration, and Operations (PRO) Team. While the bulk of our work consists of resetting small headstones and medium-sized markers, we…
In 2017, Historic Oakland Foundation’s preservation team embarked upon a phased restoration project in one of its most historically and culturally rich sections: the African American Grounds. During the three-year project, the team not only restored headstones and monuments but…
Last week the PRO team began work on the Lynan-Berry lot, located at Block 321, Lot 3 on the East Hill. Headstones on the lot range from marble crosses to simpler marble slanted markers. The PRO team's newest member, Reggie…
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