# Lakewood Cemetery *Private rural cemetery in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the burial place of Hubert H. Humphrey.* Lakewood Cemetery is a privately owned, non-sectarian rural cemetery in [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]]. It stands at 3600 Hennepin Avenue, on the southern edge of the Uptown area.[^1] It was founded in 1871.[^2] Its chapel, designed on the model of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, is on the National Register of Historic Places.[^1] Hubert H. Humphrey is buried at Lakewood, in Section 51, Lot A, Grave 1.[^3] He lived in [[Waverly]], in [[Wright County, Minnesota]]. The project's at-issue record sets his burial in Hennepin County beside that Wright County residence. The record does not establish why the burial and the residence were in different counties.[^3] ## Who Colonel William S. King, a Minneapolis businessman and newspaper publisher, proposed the cemetery to the city's community leaders in July 1871. He urged a burial ground in the lake country beyond the reach of the growing city.[^2] An organizing meeting followed in August 1871. Thomas Lowry kept its minutes, which record that the organizers chose King's land between Lakes Calhoun and Harriet.[^2] In April 1872 Superintendent A.B. Barton and the board of trustees hired C. W. Folsom, superintendent of Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to plan the grounds.[^2] Public officials buried at Lakewood include [[Charles Edward Adams (politician)]], a [[Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota]] and state senator. Also buried there are [[Joseph A. A. Burnquist]], who served as [[Attorney General of Minnesota]] and [[Governor of Minnesota]]; Governor [[Wendell R. Anderson]]; and the state politician and judge [[John M. Berry (Minnesota politician)]].[^4] Humphrey's grave is recorded in the at-issue pair below.[^3] ## What Lakewood follows the pattern of the nineteenth-century French rural cemeteries, Père-Lachaise in Paris among them.[^2] Rural cemeteries were becoming more popular when it opened, as burial moved away from churchyards in city centers.[^2] ## When - The organizers first formed the Lyndale Cemetery Association in 1871. It took the name Lakewood in February 1872.[^2] - The project's validated dossier gives the following dates and places.[^3] - Humphrey died on January 13, 1978, at age 66, at his residence in Waverly. - His memorial service was held on January 16, 1978, at [[House of Hope]] Presbyterian Church in St. Paul. - He was interred at Lakewood on the same day. - For the burial, the dossier cites the cemetery's own burial record. ## Where - The cemetery's address is 3600 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, at the southern end of Uptown.[^1] - Its original land lay between Lakes Calhoun and Harriet.[^2] - Humphrey's grave is in Section 51, Lot A, Grave 1, in Hennepin County.[^3] - According to the dossier, his residence was on Lake Waverly, in Waverly, Wright County.[^3] ## How much King agreed to sell his land for the cemetery for $21,000, repayable over one year at 7 percent interest.[^2] The first trustees voted to raise $25,000 to buy the land and improve it. At that time a house in Minneapolis cost about $500.[^2] ## How many Lakewood covers about 250 acres. It holds more than 200,000 monuments, markers and memorializations.[^2] The founders raised the purchase money by selling 250 shares at $100 each. The trustees bought two-thirds of the shares, and a committee sold the rest to other local investors.[^2] ## In the at-issue record At-issue pair AI-Humphrey-091 sets two items side by side. Humphrey is buried at Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis, Section 51, Lot A, Grave 1. He lived in Wright County.[^3] The pair rests on a single record-class source, the cemetery's own burial record, as carried in dossier HHH_Waverly_Apex_Dossier_2026-09-02.md §II. Its listed anchor is a White House fact sheet from July 2026.[^3] ## Notes [^1]: Wikipedia contributors, *Lakewood Cemetery* (revision 1373472818, retrieved 2026-10-27) — lead section: private, non-sectarian rural cemetery; address 3600 Hennepin Avenue; chapel on the National Register of Historic Places, modeled after the Hagia Sophia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakewood_Cemetery [^2]: Wikipedia contributors, *Lakewood Cemetery* (revision 1373472818, retrieved 2026-10-27) — History section: 1871 founding, King's proposal, Lowry's minutes, Lyndale-to-Lakewood renaming in February 1872, $21,000 land price, $25,000 subscription, 250 shares, Folsom's engagement, about 250 acres, and more than 200,000 memorials. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakewood_Cemetery [^3]: The White House, *The White House Government Transparency Task Force Fact Sheet* (July 2026) — anchor listed for at-issue pair AI-Humphrey-091. The pair's burial and residence facts, and the death, memorial-service and interment dates, are drawn from the validated dossier HHH_Waverly_Apex_Dossier_2026-09-02.md §II. That dossier cites the cemetery's own burial record and the Waverly marker. https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/07/the-white-house-government-transparency-task-force-fact-sheet/ [^4]: Wikipedia contributors, *Lakewood Cemetery* (revision 1373472818, retrieved 2026-10-27) — Notable burials section: Adams, Burnquist, Anderson and Berry, with the offices they held. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakewood_Cemetery