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Before the era of large municipal parks, it was common for cities to promote a [[garden cemetery]] as a green oasis and recreation destination, and Louisville was no exception. This largely ended with the opening of nearby [[Cherokee Park]] in 1892.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Living History: The Physical City as Artifact and Teaching Tool|journal=The History Teacher|volume=8|issue=4|pages=535–556|date=August 1975|author=Goldfield, David R.|doi=10.2307/492666|publisher=The History Teacher, Vol. 8, No. 4|jstor=492666}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.kentuckymonthly.com/explore/places/cave-hill-cemetery/ |title=Cave Hill Cemetery |last=Hill |first=Sean Patrick |journal=[[Kentucky Monthly]] |access-date=October 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021140043/http://www.kentuckymonthly.com/explore/places/cave-hill-cemetery/ |archive-date=October 21, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | Before the era of large municipal parks, it was common for cities to promote a [[garden cemetery]] as a green oasis and recreation destination, and Louisville was no exception. This largely ended with the opening of nearby [[Cherokee Park]] in 1892.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Living History: The Physical City as Artifact and Teaching Tool|journal=The History Teacher|volume=8|issue=4|pages=535–556|date=August 1975|author=Goldfield, David R.|doi=10.2307/492666|publisher=The History Teacher, Vol. 8, No. 4|jstor=492666}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.kentuckymonthly.com/explore/places/cave-hill-cemetery/ |title=Cave Hill Cemetery |last=Hill |first=Sean Patrick |journal=[[Kentucky Monthly]] |access-date=October 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021140043/http://www.kentuckymonthly.com/explore/places/cave-hill-cemetery/ |archive-date=October 21, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
After administrators sold several acres of land for the burial of Union soldiers during the | After administrators sold several acres of land for the burial of Union soldiers during the Civil War, local Confederate supporters purchased nearby land as well. Several deceased patients from the [[Brown General Hospital]] and other nearby army medical facilities were interred in Cave Hill Cemetery. | ||
Johnston's farmhouse (in what is now sections 33 and 34) was converted to the city's [[pesthouse]], and was demolished in 1872. Also in 1872, Beechhurst Sanitarium was built near the pesthouse and the modern Grinstead entrance. Beechurst was torn down in 1936. | Johnston's farmhouse (in what is now sections 33 and 34) was converted to the city's [[pesthouse]], and was demolished in 1872. Also in 1872, Beechhurst Sanitarium was built near the pesthouse and the modern Grinstead entrance. Beechurst was torn down in 1936. | ||