4 at Woodlawn; 2, 5 at 233rd St. Admirers place seashells, rocks, even cigars on Herman Melville's relatively understated tombstone, located in the Catalpa plot, one of the cemetery's oldest.

Woodlawn House today consists of three sections: the original 1735 kitchen at center, the three-story 1841 brick edifice at left, and a 1970s wing at right. PHOTO Christine Dunham/SERC Woodlawn’s ...