NRHP Reference # 97000333 Phone +1 860-956-3311 Added to NRHP 28 April 1997 | Area 109 ha Year built 1865 | |
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Location 453 Fairfield Ave., in Hartford, Wethersfield, and Newington, Connecticut Architect multiple, including Weidenmann, Jacob Architectural style Gothic, Queen Anne, Modern Movement Address 453 Fairfield Ave, Hartford, CT 06114, USA Hours Open today · 8AM–4PMTuesday8AM–4PMWednesday8AM–4PMThursday8AM–4PMFriday8AM–4PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosedMonday8AM–4PM Burials Katharine Hepburn, Samuel Colt, J. P. Morgan Similar Mt St Benedict Cemetery, Rose Hill Funeral Homes Inc, Bushnell Park, Ancient Burying Ground, Zion Hill Cemetery | ||
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.
Contents
The cemetery straddles three towns. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997, in Hartford, Newington, and Wethersfield. 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.
Cedar Hill Cemetery encompasses 270 acres (1.1 km2) 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.
Open from dawn til dusk 365 days a year, Cedar Hill Cemetery welcomes visitors to walk the grounds and partake in the expansive art, history and natural resources this park-like space has to offer.
Notable monuments
Cedar Hill has many unique monuments. One of the most recognizable is the 18-foot (5.5 m) 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.
Another example of an unusual grave is that of Cynthia Talcott, age two, which features her likeness in stone.
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.
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 Hartford notables such as: