Bellefontaine Cemetery
Bellefontaine Cemetery and Arboretum is a nonprofit, non-sectarian cemetery and arboretum in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1849 as a rural cemetery, Bellefontaine has several architecturally significant monuments and mausoleums such as the Louis Sullivan-designed Wainwright Tomb, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.Photo: Viking55, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include O’Fallon Park and Calvary Cemetery.
O’Fallon Park
Park
Photo: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0.
O'Fallon Park is a municipal park in St. Louis, Missouri, that opened in 1908. Under Alderman John Collins-Muhammad the park underwent a million dollar remodeling including renovations on the historic O'Fallon Park Boathouse.
Calvary Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Rklawton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Calvary Cemetery is a Catholic cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri, operated by the Archdiocese of St. Louis. Founded in 1854, it is the second oldest cemetery in the archdiocese. Calvary Cemetery is situated 1 mile northwest of Bellefontaine Cemetery.
Fairground Park
Park
Photo: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0.
Fairground Park is a municipal park that opened in 1908 in St. Louis, Missouri. It was originally a privately owned facility, first used by the St. Louis Agricultural and Mechanical Association for the St. Fairground Park is situated 2 miles south of Bellefontaine Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mark Twain and North Riverfront.
Mark Twain
Neighborhood
Photo: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0.
Mark Twain is a neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri named after author and Missouri native Mark Twain. It is located between Interstate 70 and Bellefontaine Cemetery.
North Riverfront
Neighborhood
North Riverfront is a neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. The neighborhood is bounded by Adelaide St. on the south, the Mississippi River on the east, Maline Creek on the north, and Hall Street, Calvary Avenue, Bellefontaine Cemetery, and I-70 to the west.
Penrose
Neighborhood
Penrose is a primarily residential neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. The neighborhood is located on the north side of the city just south of Interstate 70 and west of O’Fallon Park.
Bellefontaine Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri
- Categories: arboretum and burial
- Location: St. Louis, St. Louis Area, Missouri, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.69168° or 38° 41′ 30″ northLongitude
-90.23011° or 90° 13′ 48″ westElevation
505 feet (154 metres)Open location code
86CFMQR9+MXOpenStreetMap ID
way 151204204OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemetery
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Welsh—“Bellefontaine Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “могілкі Белефантэйн”
- Belarusian: “могілкі Бэльфантэйн”
- Catalan: “Bellefontaine Cemetery”
- Chinese: “貝爾方丹公墓”
- Chinese: “贝尔方丹公墓”
- French: “cimetière Bellefontaine”
- French: “Cimetière Bellefontaine”
- Georgian: “ბელეფონტეინის სასაფლაო”
- Hebrew: “בית הקברות בלפונטיין”
- Hungarian: “Bellefontaine Temető”
- Irish: “Reilig Bellefontaine”
- Italian: “Cimitero di Bellefontaine”
- Japanese: “ベルフォンテイン墓地”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bellefontaine Cemetery”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bellefontaine Cemetery”
- Portuguese: “Cemitério Bellefontaine”
- Russian: “Беллефонтейн-Семетери”
- Slovenian: “Bellefontaine Cemetery”
- Swedish: “Bellefontaine Cemetery”
- Ukrainian: “Беллефонтейн-Семетері”
- Welsh: “Mynwent Bellefontaine”
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