Lake View Cemetery
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
12316 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
GRAVE
VISITOR INFORMATION
Use the cemetery office or map to locate Hay’s grave within the large grounds.
Ohio natural-resources guidance lists 7:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. November–March and 7:30 a.m.–7:30 p.m. April–October; verify gates before travel.
Consider May–June or September–October for more comfortable weather; confirm current access and visiting hours.
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HISTORIC SITES NEARBY
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WHO WAS HERE
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PEOPLE WHO LIVED HERE
About Lake View Cemetery
John Hay, Abraham Lincoln’s secretary and later U.S. secretary of state, is buried in Lake View Cemetery.
The Lake View Cemetery Association maintains the active burial ground and its historic landscape.
History happened here at Lake View Cemetery
Lake View was laid out as a garden cemetery in 1869.
Hay died in 1905 and was buried in Cleveland.
PEOPLE WHO DIED HERE
PEOPLE AT REST HERE
John Hay
EXTERNAL LINKS
National Park Service, John Hay burial: https://www.nps.gov/people/john-hay-1.htm
Ohio Department of Natural Resources, address and gate hours: https://ohiodnr.gov/go-and-do/see-the-sights/lake-erie-birding-trail/cleveland-area-loop/lake-view-cemetery
Map coordinates: https://nagelhistory.com/genealogy/showmap.php?cemeteryID=533