Historic and Natural Districts Inventory Form
Oaklawn Cemetery |  If checked, this is a Supplemental Form, not in the original surveys.
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| | | Inventory Code: | Br01.3-S | | Prepared Date: | 5/18/2004 | | Last Modified: | |
| | Submitter | | | | Submitter Name: | John Deitz | | Submitter Address: | 7 Locust Rd.
Brookhaven, NY 11719 | | Organization: | |
| | | | Identification | | | | 1-Site Name: | Oaklawn Cemetery | | 2a-County: | Suffolk | 2b-Town: | Brookhaven | 2c-Village: | Hamlet of Brookhaven | | Location: | North End of Arthur Ave., off Montauk Hwy. |
| | | 3-Description | | | | A small community cemetery. «» |
| | | | 4-Significance | | | The Oaklawn Cemetery in Brookhaven is at the north end of Arthur Avenue, north of Montauk Highway. It resulted from a meeting of twelve residents, held at the home of Nathaniel Miller, on March 20, 1890. He and James H. Post gave six acres of land for a nonsectarian burial ground. There had been a small Methodist Episcopal Cemetery on the west side of Beaver Dam Road, across from the High School, maintained in connection with the Methodist Church. Many old headstones from that cemetery and from family graveyards, such as those from the Rose and Sweezey fanmilies, were relocated in Oaklawn. (Bigelow) «» | | | 5-Map | [Source map images were not reproducible.] | | | | | 6-Sources | | | Mailing Address:
21 Carman Blvd
Margaret Wenta
Brookhaven, New York United States 11719
Phone: (631) 286-010
Stephanie S. Bigelow. Bellport and Brookhaven: A Saga of the Sibling Hamlets at Old Purchase South. Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society. 1968. «» | | | 7-Threats to Area | | |  By Zoning | By Roads | | By Developers | By Deterioration | | Other | Vandalism is always a problem with cemeteries.«» |
| | | 8-Local Attitudes Toward the Area | | | «» | | 9-Photos | . | | | Prepared By: | J. Deitz «» | | | Supplemental Material | | | «» |
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