Brookside Cemetery (Tecumseh, Michigan)

Brookside Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Michigan State Historic Site
Location within the state of Michigan
Location	North Union Street Tecumseh, Michigan
Area	25 acres (10 hectares)
Built	1853
NRHP reference No.	86001559
Added to NRHP	August 13, 1986

Brookside Cemetery is a historic cemetery located along North Union Street in the city of Tecumseh in northern Lenawee County, Michigan. It was designated as a Michigan Historic Site and added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 13, 1986.

North Union Street entrance

Although the cemetery is much larger, only 25 acres (10 hectares) is set aside as historic property by the National Register. The designated area comprises the original, rectangular plot of land that was set aside for the cemetery in 1853. In addition to graves, this property also includes an American Civil War memorial erected in 1882, a public mausoleum from 1913, and the 1915 stone arch entrance along North Union Street.

Brookside Cemetery was set aside as Tecumseh's primary cemetery after its original cemetery overgrew its boundaries. The original cemetery, located at the corner of South Ottawa Street and East Kilbruck Street, was abandoned, and those graves were relocated to the newly designated Brookside Cemetery. Many of Tecumseh's early settlers are buried here, including Abi Evans and Joseph W. Brown.