Rudge Memorial Chapel - Lincoln, NE - Cemetery Chapels on Waymarking.com

Rudge Memorial Chapel is located in the southeastern portion of Wyuka Cemetery at the gated entrance off E O Street at 3600 O St, Lincoln, NE 68510. The Chapel was originally completed in 1938 and was designed by Davis and Wilson Architects. Rudge Memorial Chapel was named after Charles H. Rudge, a local prominent businessman who owned a department store downtown.

Wyuka Cemetery was established in Lincoln, Nebraska, by an act of the Nebraska Legislature in 1869, which sought to provide a cemetery for the state capital city founded two years prior. The trustees rejected the first cemetery site along Salt Creek to the west of Lincoln due to flooding concerns and instead purchased 80 acres of land east of the city. Wyuka Cemetery has since expanded to over 140 acres between “O” Street and Vine Street.

The iron fence surrounding the cemetery was originally erected around the University of Nebraska-Lincoln City Campus. The Board of Regents authorized the construction of the fence in 1891, and the fence enclosed the original campus until 1925 when it was removed due to safety concerns because fire engines could not pass through the width of the gates.

Wyuka Cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 and is considered a prime example of the rural cemetery form. -Wikipedia

Wyuka Cemetery has its beginnings in 1869 when 80 acres were purchased to establish a “rural cemetery”, patterned after Mount Auburn Cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts. The cemetery has grown to more than 140 acres and includes approximately 58,000 graves

Date of Chapel Construction: 1938 Denomination of Chapel or Cemetery (if applicable): N/A Active Chapel?: yes Main Construction Material of Chapel: Stone Description of Cemetery added in Long Description: yes

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