Cedar Hill Cemetery
Cedar Hill Cemetery is a district in Hartford, Connecticut, listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 28, 1997.
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Last checked October 31, 2026 - Location
- Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
National Register listing does not mean a place is open to the public. Parking and accessibility are shown only when verified.
History
Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford, Connecticut, United States, is located at 453 Fairfield Avenue. It was designed by landscape architect Jacob Weidenmann, 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.
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 (110 ha) 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 in 1875), which continues to be occupied by Cedar Hill's Superintendent to this day.
The cemetery gates are open from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm, April - September, and from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm during all other months.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. The official nomination form is linked under Sources.
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