Mount Hebron Cemetery and Gatehouse, Winchester

Name: Mount Hebron Cemetery and Gatehouse
Address: Winchester, United States

#15 among attractions in Winchester

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Mount Hebron Cemetery and Gatehouse is a historic cemetery and gatehouse located at Winchester, Virginia. The cemetery was established in 1844 on two older churchyards, including that of Christ Episcopal Church in 1853. Many Civil War soldiers who died in Winchester's hospitals were interred in this cemetery, but after the war, the Union Burial Corps reinterred many Union dead into the Winchester National Cemetery established nearby, or to their home towns. The 1866 expansion included Stonewall Confederate Cemetery for 2,576 Confederate war dead. Iron fence added in 1891 and the Chateauesque style limestone gatehouse for superintendent added in 1902. ()

Built: 1764 (260 years ago)Coordinates: 39°11'10"N, 78°9'38"W

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Winchester United States

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Mount Hebron Cemetery and Gatehouse – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters Museum, Glen Burnie, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Abram's Delight.

~1920 ftNW
Museum, History museum, Specialty museum
Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters Museum, Winchester
10 min walk • The Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters Museum is a historic house located at 415 North Braddock Street in the Historic District of Winchester, Virginia.
1 miW
Museum, Georgian architecture
Glen Burnie, Winchester
25 min walk • Glen Burnie is a historic home located at Winchester, Virginia. It consists of a 2 1/2-story central section built in two sections about 1794, with flanking two-bay, two-story wings built in 1959. It is a brick dwelling in the Georgian style. Built in 1794 by Robert Wood, son of James and Mary Wood. James founded Frederick Town in 1744.
1.1 miW
Museum, History museum, Art museum
Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester
28 min walk • The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley is located at 901 Amherst Street, Winchester, Virginia. The Museum endeavours to preserve and enrich the cultural life and heritage of the Valley.
1.2 miS
Museum, Historical place, History museum
Abram's Delight, Winchester
30 min walk • Abram's Delight is a historic home located in Winchester, Virginia. Built in 1754, it is the oldest house in the city. It was owned by the Hollingsworth family for almost 200 years and is typical of the Shenandoah Valley architecture of the Scotch-Irish settlers.
0.6 miS
Museum, Historical place, Greek Revival architecture
Patsy Cline House, Winchester
16 min walk • The Patsy Cline Historic House at 608 S. Kent St. in a working-class neighborhood of Winchester, Virginia was the home from 1948 to 1953 of Virginia Patterson Hensley, who later became the country music star known as Patsy Cline.
0.4 miW
Church
Christ Episcopal Church, Winchester
11 min walk • Christ Church, or Christ Episcopal Church, is an Anglican church in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia. The church was founded in 1738, with its first vestry elected in 1742.
~1310 ftSE
Cemetery
Winchester National Cemetery, Winchester
7 min walk • Winchester National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Winchester in Frederick County, Virginia.
~310 ftSE
Church
Old Stone Church, Winchester
2 min walk • Old Stone Church is a historic church at 304 E. Piccadilly Street in Winchester, Virginia. The church meeting house was constructed in 1788. Upon its completion, local Presbyterians began worshipping in the building.
1 miS
39°10'22"N • 78°9'18"W
Jim Barnett Park, Winchester
25 min walk • Park
1.1 miN
Forts and castles
Fort Collier, Winchester
28 min walk • Built by Confederate Lieutenant Collier and Virginia militia with the aid of Federal prisoners, the Fort Collier redoubt guarded the north entrance of Winchester, Virginia on the east side of the Martinsburg Pike.
~1340 ftSW
Museum, Greek Revival architecture
Frederick County Courthouse, Winchester
7 min walk • Frederick County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse located at Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia. It was built in 1840, and is a two-story, rectangular, brick building on a stone foundation and partial basement in the Greek Revival style.

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Which popular attractions are close to Mount Hebron Cemetery and Gatehouse?

Nearby attractions include Old Stone Church, Winchester (2 min walk), Winchester National Cemetery, Winchester (7 min walk), Frederick County Courthouse, Winchester (7 min walk), Handley Library, Winchester (9 min walk).