View of Oak Hill Cemetery with the Van Ness Mausoleum in the Distance

ID: 5503 ~ Source: https://www.loc.gov/item/2016826608/ ~ Creator: Library of Congress ~ Date: 1918-1928

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Oak Hill Cemetery: Tucked into a corner of Georgetown, this cemetery exhibits beautiful landscaping, architecture, and is where some of the most notable figures in DC's history are buried.

By The DC Historic Sites team

Oak Hill Cemetery, an idea first put forward by notable Washington, DC, banker William Wilson Corcoran, is an example of picturesque landscape architecture – first popularized in early 18th century…