In conjunction with adjacent cemeteries and Lawrence's High Service Water Tower and Reservoir, it provides part of the small city's largest area of open space.

[1] Bellevue Cemetery is located in northwestern Lawrence, with a small strip of land in southern Methuen.

The "Old Yard" was laid out in the park-like landscape setting of winding lanes amid terraced hillsides in the then-popular rural cemetery style, while "New Bellevue" has a slightly less formal feel.

In the New Bellevue section, the 1893 Brick Stable is an imposing Classical Revival structure with Queen Anne details, which anchors the cemetery's main maintenance yard.

It is also the burial place of comedic movie actress Thelma Todd, whose performance in title role in Laurel and Hardy's movie The Bohemian Girl was truncated due to her death, believed by some to have been a murder.