Hillside Cemetery - Whitewater, WI
The land for the cemetery was purchased in May of 1858. There was a chapel that was built during the summer of 1897. It was developed into a “park-like” grounds with trees and roads in the tradition of many later 19th century cemeteries in the US. By the fall of 1914, perpetual care of the cemetery was started to help maintain the park like grounds. It is also the second public cemetery of Whitewater. The archway at the front of the cemetery was designed by William Hewitt and was constructed on August 23, 1919 of massive columns of Waukesha limestone. But sadly, the chapel was torn down sometime in the 1950’s.
The mysterious parts of this cemetery range from the odd circle burials of the Winchesters and Partridge’s to the crypt Mary Worth is said to be buried in to what many refer to as the Warlocks Crypt. There’s also a legend that if you line up the three cemeteries in Whitewater, it forms an isosceles triangle. Since five isosceles triangles are used to form a pentagram, which is the universal symbol of the occult, many think this is proof that there is something occult happening in Whitewater. One of the three cemeteries that help form this triangle is Hillside Cemetery.
Many of Whitewaters founding families are buried here as well as prominent business owners, the father to the spiritualist school, a murdered husband and more.
The mysterious parts of this cemetery range from the odd circle burials of the Winchesters and Partridge’s to the crypt Mary Worth is said to be buried in to what many refer to as the Warlocks Crypt. There’s also a legend that if you line up the three cemeteries in Whitewater, it forms an isosceles triangle. Since five isosceles triangles are used to form a pentagram, which is the universal symbol of the occult, many think this is proof that there is something occult happening in Whitewater. One of the three cemeteries that help form this triangle is Hillside Cemetery.
Many of Whitewaters founding families are buried here as well as prominent business owners, the father to the spiritualist school, a murdered husband and more.