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Fort Hill Cemetery

Coordinates: 42°55′29″N 76°34′18″W / 42.92472°N 76.57167°W / 42.92472; -76.57167
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Fort Hill Cemetery
Gatehouse
Map
Details
Established1851 (Chapel built in 1893)
Location
19 Fort St, Auburn, New York
Coordinates42°55′29″N 76°34′18″W / 42.92472°N 76.57167°W / 42.92472; -76.57167
StyleGothic Revival
Websitewww.forthillcemetery.net Edit this at Wikidata

Fort Hill Cemetery is a cemetery located in Auburn, New York, United States. It was incorporated on May 15, 1851 under its official name: "Trustees of the Fort Hill Cemetery Association of Auburn". It is known for its headstones of notable people such as former Secretary of State William H. Seward, his son, William H. Seward Jr. and abolitionist and freedom fighter Harriet Tubman. It is built on what was once a fortified village of the Cayuga Nation.[1] The cemetery features a 56 ft (17 m). high limestone obelisk monument to Chief Logan, famed chief of the Haudenosaunee.[2]

Notable burials

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The cemetery features headstones of such notable people as:[3]

Other

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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.

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References

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  1. ^ "Fort Hill Cemetery". www.forthillcemetery.net.
  2. ^ "Fort Hill Cemetery Logan's Monument". www.forthillcemetery.net.
  3. ^ "Fort Hill Cemetery Notable People". www.forthillcemetery.net.
  4. ^ "Payne, Sereno Elisha". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  5. ^ "Historic Properties Relating to Harriet Tubman in Auburn, New York". National Park Service. June 1991.
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