WASHINGTON,
D.C. The Oak Hill Cemetery was created by William W. Corcoran, also
founder of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, in 1848. The
chapel is one of several landmarks in the cemetery, which also includes
the Van Ness Mausoleum, designed by George Hadfield, and the monument
to E.M. Stanton, President Lincoln's Secretary of War. |