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| Bellefontaine Cemetery | |
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 The Wainwright Tomb is on the NRHP. | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 1849 |
| Location | 4947 West Florissant Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 38°41′51″N 90°14′01″W / 38.69737°N 90.23363°W |
| Type | Public |
| Size | 314 acres (127 ha) |
| No. of graves | 87,000 |
| Website | Official website |
| Find a Grave | Bellefontaine Cemetery |
Bellefontaine Cemetery is a nonprofit, non-denominational 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.
The cemetery contains 314 acres (1.27 km2) of land and over 87,000 graves, including those of William Clark, Adolphus Busch, Thomas Hart Benton, Rush Limbaugh, and William S. Burroughs. It has many Union and Confederate soldiers from the American Civil War, and local and state politicians. It has the largest collection of private and family mausoleums and sarcophagi in Missouri.[citation needed]