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Davis Graveyard is displayed at a private residence each year for [[Halloween]].<ref name="WW">{{cite news |title=Davis Graveyard |url=https://www.wweek.com/culture/2019/08/20/davis-graveyard/ |access-date=October 7, 2021 |work=Willamette Week |date=August 20, 2019}}</ref> The display includes "eerie lights, spooky sounds, and horrifying headstones", often commemorating celebrities who died recently. Thousands visit the attraction annually.<ref>{{cite news |title=Photos: Halloween at Milwaukie's Davis Graveyard |url=https://katu.com/news/local/photos-halloween-haunts-at-milwaukies-davis-graveyard?photo=1 |access-date=October 7, 2021 |publisher=[[KATU]]}}</ref> |
Davis Graveyard is displayed at a private residence each year for [[Halloween]].<ref name="WW">{{cite news |title=Davis Graveyard |url=https://www.wweek.com/culture/2019/08/20/davis-graveyard/ |access-date=October 7, 2021 |work=Willamette Week |date=August 20, 2019}}</ref> The display includes "eerie lights, spooky sounds, and horrifying headstones", often commemorating celebrities who died recently. Thousands visit the attraction annually.<ref>{{cite news |title=Photos: Halloween at Milwaukie's Davis Graveyard |url=https://katu.com/news/local/photos-halloween-haunts-at-milwaukies-davis-graveyard?photo=1 |access-date=October 7, 2021 |publisher=[[KATU]]}}</ref> In 2018, Sam Pape and Chris Davis of ''[[Portland Monthly]]'' called the graveyard a "creepy-wonderful, nationally known destination".<ref name="PM">{{cite news |last1=Pape |first1=Sam |last2=Davis |first2=Chris |title=How One Oregon Couple Creates the Ultimate Halloween Display |url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-city-life/2018/09/how-one-oregon-couple-creates-the-ultimate-halloween-display |access-date=October 7, 2021 |work=[[Portland Monthly]] |date=September 11, 2018}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 13:44, 7 October 2021
Davis Graveyard is an annual Halloween yard display at a private residence in Milwaukie, Oregon.
Description
Davis Graveyard is displayed at a private residence each year for Halloween.[1] The display includes "eerie lights, spooky sounds, and horrifying headstones", often commemorating celebrities who died recently. Thousands visit the attraction annually.[2] In 2018, Sam Pape and Chris Davis of Portland Monthly called the graveyard a "creepy-wonderful, nationally known destination".[3]
History
Jeff and Chris Davis have created the graveyard for more than twenty years. The duo have received grants from Clackamas County Arts and the Milwaukie Tourism Board to fund the project. In addition to the yard display, they have hosted summer workshops on creating faux crypts.[1]
In 2018, the display had 75 tombstones, an animatronic gravedigger, a projection screen crypt, and a 29-foot (8.8 m) gothic cathedral made from polystyrene foam. The cathedral covered a garage used as a workshop for making gravestones and figures out of drywall mud, foam, and latex paint.[4]
Reception
In 2018, The Oregonian's Samantha Swindler described the attraction as "probably the largest and most well-known home haunt in the Portland area".[4] According to KPTV, the display "has been voted one of the best home Halloween displays in the world".[5]
References
- ^ a b "Davis Graveyard". Willamette Week. August 20, 2019. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
- ^ "Photos: Halloween at Milwaukie's Davis Graveyard". KATU. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
- ^ Pape, Sam; Davis, Chris (September 11, 2018). "How One Oregon Couple Creates the Ultimate Halloween Display". Portland Monthly. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
- ^ a b Swindler, Samantha (October 19, 2018). "Halloween home displays you don't want to miss". The Oregonian. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
- ^ "On the Go with Joe at Davis Graveyard". KPTV. October 31, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
External links
- Official website
- "Davis Graveyard haunts Milwaukie once again". Clackamas Review. Pamplin Media Group. October 2, 2014.
- Have a spooky night at Davis Graveyard on YouTube (October 17, 2018)