Area 15 ha Year built 1853 | NRHP Reference # 04000756 Phone +1 518-761-3836 Added to NRHP 28 July 2004 | |
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Architect Ferguson, George; Crandell, Milton Lee Address 38 Ogden St, Glens Falls, NY 12801, USA Burials | ||
Glens Falls Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at Glens Falls, Warren County, New York. It was established in 1853 as a 13-acre cemetery and expanded in 1871, 1888, and five times between 1913 and 1973 to a total of 38 acres.
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History
In 1853, the village purchased 13 acres from Andrew Porteus of Queensbury, New York for the sum of $1000, with $500 set aside for grading and fencing. The first burial took place in 1855, but there are several older markers which were moved here from the old West Street Cemetery in the early 1870s.
After several expansions, the cemetery now spans 32 acres with over 12,000 burials.
Notable interments
Notable structures
The Memorial Chapel (1946) is a small, front gabled stone building with a slate roof. The cemetery office (1950) is a concrete stucco finished building with a peaked slate roof. The cemetery includes a number of notable burial monuments and mausoleum.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.