records have been lost, but it is believed that it holds the remains of veterans of the Revolutionary War. Over the years, the cemetery suffered from abandonment and vandalism. Millions of tons of industrial waste were dumped at the cemetery which buried some plots under 20 feet of debris. Many of the graves were damaged by vandalism, the cemetery became littered with abandoned cars and the rear of the cemetery became overgrown and reverted to woods. The Knights of Pythias attempted to have their name removed due to the poor condition of the cemetery but they were unsuccessful. On August 9, 2000, Greenwood was listed by the Philadelphia Historical Commission on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places. In 2000, the cemetery came under the management of Willow Ridge Ltd., a private company. There was considerable local controversy over the company's plan to raze the historic home and build new structures, including a funeral parlor and crematorium. In 2000, Philadelphia's Zoning Board of Adjustment granted permission for the funeral parlor and crematorium. Several local residents sued in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court to overturn the Board's decision. The court upheld the decision of the Board, and the residents appealed to Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court. On February 8, 2007, Commonwealth Court overturned the decision of the trial court. The cemetery owners then appealed to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, but their appeal was denied on October 18, 2007. The Friends of Greenwood Cemetery, a nonprofit organization established in 2003, dedicated to preserving the records, tombstones, and grounds of the cemetery, made some progress in cleaning it up, mowing the lawns and clearing some of the woods. In 2008, an adjacent hospital, Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) at Eastern Regional Medical Center, through their sister company Greenwood Holdings, paid $1.2 million for the nine acre property and acquired a majority share of the cemetery. Greenwood Holdings has begun revitalizing the cemetery. Headstones have been righted; abandoned cars and appliances have been removed. In addition, more than 1,500 graves were moved from a wooded section to allow for construction of a 200 space parking lot as part of CTCA's expansion. The cost of the reinterments totaled over $3 million. The bodies were reinterred in new concrete vaults and a new memorial was placed atop the mass grave. More than $1 million has been spent on renovations of the historic house including restoration of the windows, floors,