Groundsite Image Gallery
Oak Hill Cemetery
Artist: Hughes, Langston
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Oak Hill Cemetery, 1605 Oak Hill Ave. (intersection at East Thirteenth St.)
In this 1895 photo by E.S. Tucker, the entry to the cemetery remains unchanged from the present times. Section 5, where graves of Langston Hughes�s grandparents are located, is to the right-hand side, toward the back (eastern) edge of the cemetery.
The cemetery was founded in 1865 and expanded in 1876. It replaced Pioneer Cemetery (University of Kansas West Campus). Most of the 1863 Quantrill�s Raid victims were reburied here. A monument to them is in section 3.