Style Gothic Revival Phone +1 315-253-8132 | Website Fort Hill Cemetery | |
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Established 1851 (Chapel built in 1893) Address 19 Fort St, Auburn, NY 13021, USA Hours Closed now Tuesday9AM–1PMWednesday9AM–1PMThursday9AM–1PMFriday9AM–1PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosedMonday9AM–1PM Similar William H Seward House, Harriet Tubman Grave, Harriet Tubman National, Harriet Tubman Home, Schweinfurth Art Center | ||
Fort Hill Cemetery, founded in 1851, is a historic cemetery located in downtown Auburn, New York, known for its headstones of notable people such as former Secretary of State William H. Seward, his son, General William H. Seward, Jr. and abolitionist and humanitarian Harriet Tubman.
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History
The cemetery, which was founded in 1851, is built on what was once a fortified village of the Cayuga Indians. The cemetery features a 56 ft (17 m). high limestone obelisk monument to Chief Logan, famed chief of the Cayuga Indians.
Notable burials
The cemetery features headstones of such notable people as:
Other
The Bradley Mortuary Chapel (which also serves as the cemetery office and gatehouse) was designed by the architect Julius A. Schweinfurth in a Gothic Revival style and completed in 1893. Julius A. Schweinfurth was a brother and partner to Charles F. Schweinfurth.