Being on the National Register of Historic Places, Greenwood Cemetery is a unique asset that helps promote educational and cultural enrichment. It offers a road map to understand better the African-American lifestyle and perspective during the late 19th and 20th centuries in the city of St. Louis. Notable St. Louisans buried in Greenwood Cemetery: Harriet Robinson Scott, freedom suit plaintiff; Lucy Delaney, author, and Masonic founder; Charlton Tandy, attorney and civic leader; Milton Sparks, Blues musician; Grant Green, jazz musician; Sylvester Bryant, Buffalo soldier; 'Stagger' Lee Shelton, folklore figure; William Warcooster Hutt, Civil War soldier and a founding member of Lincoln University; Arsania Williams, Maria L. Harrison and Mary Ford Pitts, suffragists, educators and activists in women's rights in the early 1900s. In September 2023, Greenwood Cemetery was placed on the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom and in 2024, Greenwood Cemetery Preservation Association was honored with the Rosa L Parks Award for meritorious service to the community.
The mission of the Greenwood Cemetery Preservation Association is to restore and preserve Greenwood Cemetery and to operate it as a historic site and educational resource for the St. Louis Metropolitan region.
Organization name
GREENWOOD CEMETERY PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION
Tax id (EIN)
81-1330876
Mission/Purpose
Education, Environment, History/Preservation
Operating Budget
Large: $2,000,001 - $5,000,000
Service Area
St Louis County
Audiences Served
General Public
BILPOC Leadership
BILPOC Leadership
Address
6571 St Louis Ave