Westview Cemetery guided walking history tour this weekend

The Atlanta Preservation Center presents an opportunity to learn about the lives of many important Atlantans like Joel Chandler Harris, Lemuel Pratt Grant, Donald Lee Hollowell, Asa Candler and Harriett Harwell Wilson High while enjoying beautiful sculptures and historic structures, according to a press release. Tours of Westview Cemetery will include the 1890 Gatehouse and, time-permitting, the massive Spanish Plateresque Westview Abbey and chapel.

Where History is Buried: Westview Cemetery Guided Tour

2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12 at Westview Cemetery, 1680 Westview Drive SW, Atlanta

Tickets: $17 - $25

When Westview opened in October of 1884 with nearly 600 acres of land, it was designed to be the premier cemetery in the Southeast. It is still an active cemetery with more than 125,000 interments. Westview remains the largest cemetery in the Southeast and one of the largest non-profit cemeteries in the United States.

Details of the tour:

• Meet in the parking lot outside the gatehouse.
• The tour will last about two hours and consists of a 1.5 mile walk (with one steep hill).
• Public restrooms are not available.
• Tickets are required; no on-site registration is allowed.
• There will be a COVID-19 policy in place.
• The tour is subject to cancellation at the guide’s discretion due to inclement weather at the tour starting point. Registrants will be notified via email.