Lot 1429-44, Section 14, Aurora Hill Plot, Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York. County/parish: Bronx.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 16, 2012. NRIS 12001008.
1 contributing site.
The Admiral David Glasgow Farragut Gravesite is the final resting place of David Glasgow Farragut (1801–1870), the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and four-star admiral of the United States Navy. He was best known for his order to "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead." The granite and marble monument resembling a mast marks not only his burial site, but that of his wife, son and daughter-in-law. It was listed as a National Historic Landmark on the National Register of Historic Places on October 16, 2012. It is located in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, itself a National Historic Landmark. It is the only surviving place of high quality with a direct association to Farragut's life.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315649