Date visited: June 1, 2024
Address: 785 E Washington St, Medina, OH 44256
Medina’s Spring Grove Cemetery, which is the town’s “new” cemetery, dates to 1883 and is characteristic of a rural or garden cemetery with winding paths, old growth trees, and graves that are spread out across the property. There’s also a mausoleum and two columbariums.
In addition to serving as a cemetery, Spring Grove is also an accredited arboretum and has over 600 trees and many bird species onsite. Spring Grove also has verifiable connections to the Underground Railroad, which helped enslaved people escape to Canada, and became a member of the National Underground Network to Freedom in 2022. There are also several people buried in Spring Grove who worked to help enslaved people escape or helped them after the war.
Spring Grove is a beautiful cemetery and wandering around the grounds was a peaceful experience. However, it is not as grand as Lakeview Cemetery, with winding hills and paths and an abundance of wildlife. However, the day my daughter and I visited, it was peaceful and a relaxing place to spend time.
We also found a lot of really unique tombstones at Spring Grove including two hand carved wooden markers for members of the National Guard and a several photo gravestones. We didn’t get a chance to visit the mausoleum and we only toured a small section of the cemetery, so I’ll update this post once we’ve done that.
