Woodmere Cemetery Walking Tour

Woodmere is one of the most historic cemeteries in the Detroit area. Since its founding in 1867 by a group of prominent Detroit businessmen, Woodmere Cemetery has remained one of Detroit’s “most beautiful treasures,” according to author Gail Hershenzon. Accessible through an historic main entrance on West Fort Street, Woodmere features 240 acres with gently rolling hills and mature trees and a pond that is fed by a “baby creek” that runs underground.

The cemetery has three garden mausoleums in addition to a chapel mausoleum. Notables such as Scripps, Bacon, Finney and many more are interred here. Before becoming the automobile capital of the world, Michigan was known for tobacco, lumber, and other industries. Many who helped develop these Michigan businesses and put Detroit on the map are interred at Woodmere, as well as Civil War soldiers who are interred in the U.S. Army section.