Welcome to Glenwood Cemetery
Founded in 1857, Glenwood is truly Flint's historic cemetery, listed on the Michigan Register of Historic Places in 1989 and the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. A tour of Glenwood reveals its spectacular funerary art and architecture along with the names of citizens who made Flint great, including: lumber barons, civil war veterans, two Governors, one Lt. Governor and pioneers of the carriage and automobile industries.
"Long may this fair enclosure be preserved, unmarred by mistaken taste – undesecrated by rude hands. Here the worn and weary citizens will find a momentary but soothing retreat from bustle and toil. Here may Sorrow and pensive Meditation ever find a home. And hither, let even the idle and the thoughtless come, to learn the lesson of their own mortality from the eloquent but unobtrusive teachings of the tomb.”
- from 1857 Glen-Wood Brochure
Today, visitors are welcome every day from dawn to dusk. Parking is available next to the house at the main entrance and along any of the interior roads while allowing other vehicles to pass. Families and visitors are encouraged to honor their loved ones, tour the variety of funerary art, and explore the collection of trees, each of which is identified as part of being a certified arboretum.
Glenwood Cemetery is now a certified arboretum
Glenwood Cemetery:
Glenwood Cemetery, as a Michigan no-profit cemetery, is a charitable organization.
Glenwood is modest in size and activity; the contact information is as follows:
Address (for mailing to Glenwood):
19810 26 Mile Road
Macomb Township, MI 48042
Office:
Cheri Arcome, Director
(248) 928-4094 (cell)