City Cemetery

Quite well maintained old, historical cemetery. Some historically important graves are here, many of them marked at the entrance in a map and individually inside the cemetery also. Highly recommended for the ones, who are interested in the history of South Bend/Indiana/United States.

This place needs to be restored. Of course it will not but it needs to be. Some famous people are buried here and of course their graves will rot. Did you know that the grandparents of a POTUS are buried here! Well of course it is probably unknown because half of the headstones are crumbled.

Every time I tried to visit the cemetery it's always closed, with no way to get in. I love history and I would love to see where the tombstones of historic figures are buried. I would also like to see if I have any family members buried there. I read the review of a reviewer who said they don't know who is buried there. I do know that some of the Studebakers were buried there. Also, former Vice President of the United States of America AND Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Schuyler Colfax is buried there. And I believe some members of the Oliver family of Oliver Chilled Plow Works.

This place is beautiful! And nothing should stop you from visiting. One of the best ways to keep vandals and criminals out of places like this are to bring positive attention by our presence. Airports are scarier than cemeteries. We drove through there in July and it actually looked much better than we expected it to, based on what some of the other reviews said. We only noticed minor issues regarding 'the condition' of the grounds. I've seen people's yards look much worse. Along with the impressive and old and important monuments here, this is the resting place for some of this area's first settlers. Their legacies deserved to be learned about, their graves to be seen and thought about. Please just go visit.

There is so much history in this cemetery. However I decided many years ago that the neighborhood is just too unsafe to get out of the car and stroll around. South Bend has truly ignored it's past, other than Studebaker, get over it and has therefor lost it's way. Many many sights such as this one have been neglected or just absorbed into the rotten areas of town that no one knows about them. Do not bother trying to find this place. Instead visit the old cemetery at Notre Dame.

The lack of information for this cemetery is the reason for the low rating. There needs to be an information board listing the persons buried there and the location of the persons. My husband and I walked through the cemetery for almost 2 hours with out success.

It is heart breaking to see the condition of this cemetery. If you're going to boast it's historical relevance, then it should be taken better care of.

I walk my dog here everyday. The Studebaker grave is quite remarkable!