Cedar Hill Cemetery (Hartford, Connecticut) Explained

Cedar Hill Cemetery
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:453 Fairfield Ave., in Hartford, Wethersfield, and Newington, Connecticut
Coordinates:41.7222°N -72.7033°W
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:building
Mapframe-Zoom:12
Architect:multiple, including Weidenmann, Jacob
Built:1865
Architecture:Gothic, Queen Anne, Modern Movement
Added:April 28, 1997
Refnum:97000333[1]

Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford, Connecticut is located at 453 Fairfield Avenue. It was designed by landscape architect Jacob Weidenmann (1829–1893) who also designed Hartford's Bushnell Park. Its first sections were completed in 1866 and the first burial took place on July 17, 1866. Cedar Hill was designed as an American rural cemetery in the tradition of Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[2]

The cemetery straddles three towns. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997, in Hartford, Newington, and Wethersfield.[3] It includes the Cedar Hill Cemetery Gateway and Chapel, also known as Northam Memorial Chapel and Gallup Memorial Gateway, which is separately listed on the NRHP.[4]

Cedar Hill Cemetery encompasses 270acres and includes several historic buildings, including the Northam Memorial Chapel (built 1882), which was designed by Hartford architect George Keller, and the Superintendent's Cottage (built 1875), which continues to be occupied by Cedar Hill's Superintendent to this day.[5]

The cemetery is open from 7 a.m. until dusk every day.[6]

Notable monuments

Cedar Hill has many unique monuments. One of the most recognizable is the 18feet tall pink-granite pyramid, and life-sized angel statue, erected in memory of Mark Howard and his wife, Angelina Lee Howard. Mark Howard was president of the National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford and Connecticut's first internal revenue collector.[7]

John Pierpont Morgan's family monument was designed by architect George W. Keller. Made of red Scottish granite, the monument was designed to portray Morgan's vision of the Ark of the Covenant.[8]

The Porter-Valentine mausoleum features a stained-glass window created by Louis Comfort Tiffany.

Notable burials

More than 30,000 people are buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery, including many notable people such as:[9]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20000505.htm actual announcement, on weekly listings on the NRHP
  2. Web site: Cedar Hill's Distinguished Heritage . cedarhillcemetery.org . Cedar Hill Cemetery . 6 April 2022.
  3. Web site: Connecticut – Hartford County – Historic Districts . 2008-04-24 . National Register of Historic Places mirror site.
  4. Web site: Northam Chapel . cedarhillcemetery.org . Cedar Hill Cemetery . 6 April 2022.
  5. Web site: Architecture . cedarhillcemetery.org . Cedar Hill Cemetery . 6 April 2022.
  6. Web site: Welcome to Cedar Hill Cemetery . cedarhillcemetery.org . Cedar Hill Cemetery . 6 April 2022.
  7. Web site: A Guide to the Mark Howard Papers at the Connecticut Historical Society. chs.org. Connecticut Historical Society Museum and Library. 7 January 2016.
  8. http://www.courant.com/entertainment/attractions/hc-citytrek0706.artjul06,0,6197559.story Architectural Gems
  9. Web site: Notable Residents . 2014-09-28 . Cedar Hill Cemetery is the final resting place of numerous politicians, industrialists, writers, actors, artists and educators. Below is a listing of some of Cedar Hill's most notable residents. . Cedar Hill Cemetery (Hartford, Connecticut) .
  10. Web site: Katharine Seymour Day (1870–1964) . 2014-09-28 . Cedar Hill Cemetery (Hartford, Connecticut) .
  11. https://americanprofile.com/articles/katherine-hepburn-burial/
  12. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000949 Edwin Denison Morgan
  13. Web site: Connecticut's Civil War Monuments – Genl. Griffin A. Stedman. CHS.org. Connecticut Historical Society. 29 December 2015.
  14. News: Rev. Joseph H. Twichell Of Hartford . The Rev. Joseph H. Twichell, who completed thirty years of his pastorate at the Asylum Hill Congregational Church Friday, Dec. 13, in a native of the town of Southington and was graduated from Yale in the class of '58. ... . . December 15, 1895 . 2014-09-28 .

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