Established in 1854, the nondenominational Ivy Hill Cemetery occupies a pastoral 22-acre tract adjacent to the early 20th-century Rosemont neighborhood in Alexandria. Ivy Hill is significant for its association with the Rural Cemetery Movement, a social movement which sought to change burial practices in urban centers across the United States by moving burial grounds from the cities to the countryside. Ivy Hill features a gently sloping landscape, winding footpaths and driveways, a natural stream, and pastoral landscaping. Grave markers at Ivy Hill Cemetery serve as sculptures amidst the cemetery’s park-like setting. There are two contributing buildings, the Keeper’s Lodge and the Receiving Vault, both constructed between 1855 and 1856.