Tallahassee National Cemetery

The Tallahassee National Cemetery is a new cemetery on a 250-acre site located east of Tallahassee. Planning considerations for the rolling site included phased development, an early turnover area with temporary buildings, and permanent features.

All programmed features of the cemetery were designed to provide a consistently strong image appropriate to north-central Florida. The design of site features such as entrance gate, rostrum, flag plaza, assembly area, columbarium, and memorial wall communicate a consistent image of dignity and service appropriate to the region.

The buildings were designed to address the local architectural vernacular, and plantings are selected from indigenous and adapted material to minimize maintenance. This traditional appearance was accomplished using Insulating Concrete Forms (ICF) wall construction and Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) roof structure.

The first phase of development included 63.7 acres and provides 3,200 preplaced grave liners, 400 additional private vault sites, 1,200 in-ground urn vaults, and 1,820 columbarium spaces. An ossuary and memorial wall plaza are also included. A total of 133,000 interment spaces are planned at full development.

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