Forestvale Cemetery

Historic cemetery in Helena, Montana, US

United States historic place


Forestvale Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The arched stone entrance in 2015
46°39′23″N 112°02′13″W / 46.65639°N 112.03694°W / 46.65639; -112.03694
Area	113 acres (46 ha)
Built	1890 (1890)
Architect	Harry V. Wheeler
NRHP reference No.	90000145^[1]
Added to NRHP	February 21, 1990

Forestvale Cemetery (also known as Forest Vale Cemetery) is an historic cemetery in Helena, Montana. It was established in 1890 for the Helena Cemetery Association and laid out by Harry V. Wheeler.^[2] The arched stone entrance was built in 1890.^[2] Among almost 15,000 gravestones there is a mausoleum, the original property included a house for the sexton.^[2] The cemetery has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since February 21, 1990.^[1]

Notable burials include Montana Governors Forrest H. Anderson (1913–1989), Tim Babcock (1919–2015), Sam C. Ford (1882–1961), Samuel T. Hauser (1833–1914), Benjamin F. Potts (1836–1887), and Sam V. Stewart (1872–1939). Other notables include businessman Charles Arthur Broadwater [1840–1892), painter Ralph E. DeCamp (1858–1936), pioneer James Fergus (1813–1902), Kentucky Governor Preston H. Leslie (1819–1907), actress Myrna Loy (1905–1993), US Senator Wilbur F. Sanders (1834–1905), and rodeo cowgirl Fannie Sperry Steele (1887–1983).^[2]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Mrs. Dorothy Wells (August 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Forestvale Cemetery". National Park Service. Retrieved January 22, 2020. With accompanying pictures
^ "Funeral Notices". The Independent-Record. Helena, Montana. May 30, 1936. p. 5. Retrieved January 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.