Fort Hill Cemetery

Fort Hill Cemetery

Gatehouse
Shown within New York
Details
Established	1851 (Chapel built in 1893)
Location	19 Fort St, Auburn, New York
Coordinates	42°55′29″N 76°34′18″W / 42.92472°N 76.57167°WCoordinates: 42°55′29″N 76°34′18″W / 42.92472°N 76.57167°W
Style	Gothic Revival
Website	Fort Hill Cemetery

Fort Hill Cemetery, founded in 1851, is a historic cemetery located in downtown Auburn, New York, known for it's 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.

History

The cemetery, which was founded in 1851, is built on what was once a fortified village of the Cayuga Indians.^[1] The cemetery features a 56 ft (17 m). high limestone obelisk monument to Chief Logan, famed chief of the Cayuga Indians.^[2]

Notable burials

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

• Myles Walter Keogh, civil war Brevet Lt.
• Thomas Mott Osborne, Warden of Sing Sing
• Frances Adeline Seward, wife of William H. Seward and abolitionist
• William H. Seward, New York Governor, Senator and U.S. Secretary of State
• William H. Seward, Jr., banker and brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War
• Harriet Tubman, who is resting on Fort Hill Cemetery's "West Lawn C", beneath a large tree with two small bushes on each side of her headstone
• Martha Coffin Wright, feminist, abolitionist, and signatory of the Declaration of Sentiments.

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.

Gallery

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  Gate
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  The Harriet Tubman Grave is listed on the National Register of Historic Places^[4]
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  Monument to Chief Logan at Fort Hill Cemetery
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  Morse bench in Fort Hill Cemetery
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  Wadsworth memorial
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  Corning memorial
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  Angel headstone scene
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  Case & Willard memorial

References

1. http://www.forthillcemetery.net/index.html
2. http://www.forthillcemetery.net/logan.html
3. http://www.forthillcemetery.net/notable.html
4. "Historic Properties Relating to Harriet Tubman in Auburn, New York" (PDF). National Park Service. June 1991.

External links

• Fort Hill Cemetery at Fort Hill Cemetery