St. Mary Cemetery, Pittsburgh

The cemetery in 2018

Bennett monument at St. Mary Cemetery

Saint Mary Cemetery is a Roman Catholic burial ground located at 45th and Penn Avenues in the Central Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US. It is adjacent (just south) of the city's slightly older and much larger Allegheny Cemetery. A chain-link fence separates the two cemeteries.

The 44-acre (180,000 m²) tract of land was established as a cemetery in 1849 at a cost of $20,000, six years after the founding of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh. As of 2008, it has more than 100,000 interments.

Notable burials

Bishops

• Hugh Charles Boyle (1873–1950)
• Regis Canevin (1853–1927)
• Richard Phelan (1828–1904)

Others

• Joseph M. Barr, Mayor of Pittsburgh (1906–1982)
• Bartley Campbell, playwright (1843–1888)
• James B. Drew, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania (1877–1953)
• Thomas Enright, soldier (1887–1917)
• Andrew Arnold Lambing, priest-historian (1842–1918)
• Bernard J. McKenna, Mayor of Pittsburgh (1842–1903)
• Thomas Meighan, early film star (1879–1936)

References

• Kidney, Walter C. (1997). Pittsburgh's Landmark Architecture: The Historic Buildings of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. ISBN 091667018X.

External links

• Catholic Cemeteries Association, Diocese of Pittsburgh website
• St. Mary Cemetery, Pittsburgh at Find a Grave