History
Milestones
Interesting Facts
Points of Interest
Our Staff
Art
Trees
Grounds
Nature and Wildlife
 
   
    
 

Allegheny is first and foremost a burial place with over a thousand interments yearly, but it is also a place for the living to enjoy its serenity and to glimpse a time and place gone by. Nowhere in Pittsburgh can one see an overview of our city's history in such a diverse and complete way. It is all here.

 

Architecture

  • Butler Street gate area and Penn Avenue tower complex
  • the Administration Office and the Gardener's Cottage

 

Art

  • a vast collection of bronze, granite, and marble sculpture
  • imported marbles in the Temple of Memories Mausoleum

 

Natural Beauty

  • 300 acres of rolling greenspace and majestic trees
  • a meditative place to walk in safety and quiet

 

Love of Country

  • Allegheny's national Civil War cemetery
  • Veterans Monument and annual Memorial Day celebration

 

Pioneer Spirit

  • early settlers' memorials and epitaphs
  • people who made Pittsburgh what it is today

 

Allegheny Cemetery is for both the living and those we remember.

 
   
 

 

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