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The site included land for a meeting house, a school, and parade grounds, as well as 1-acre (4,000 m 2) for burial, holding 80 lots. A Victorian Gothic entry arch was added in 1885 inscribed with a quote from Revelation 14:13, "They rest from their labors." In April 2006, the cemetery was evaluated for restoration.
East Norwalk Historical Cemetery, dedication to the first settlers, Norwalk, Fairfield County Gregory's Four Corners Burial Ground in Trumbull, Fairfield County Mountain Grove Cemetery in Bridgeport, Fairfield County; General Tom Thumb's gravestone
In 1912, the Association minutes report more land was acquired on the 'west side of the cemetery', and in 1913, the president was authorized to clear the land of rocks and the 'price of lots be advanced to $25.00 if free from stone.'
Grove Street Cemetery is a historic burial ground in New Haven, Connecticut, that was founded in 1796 and is surrounded by the Yale University campus. It is the first private, nonprofit cemetery in the world and contains many notable Yale and New Haven luminaries, as well as a National Historic Landmark gateway and fence.
Riverside Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located at 496 Riverside Street in Waterbury, Connecticut on the western bank of the Naugatuck River.. Dedicated on September 24, 1853, it is 36.4-acre (14.7 ha) in size and includes winding tree-lined paths, upper and lower ponds and an array of funerary monuments in the gothic, neo-classical, and romantic style.
Stonington Cemetery is a historic cemetery at North Main Street and United States Route 1 in Stonington, Connecticut. Established as a family cemetery about 1754, it was the first formally incorporated cemetery in New London County , with the incorporation of its association occurring in 1849. [ 2 ]
Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford, Connecticut is located at 453 Fairfield Avenue. It was designed by landscape architect Jacob Weidenmann (1829–1893) who also designed Hartford's Bushnell Park . Its first sections were completed in 1866 and the first burial took place on July 17, 1866.
The cemetery was laid out in 1730 and the first burial was that of 7 year old Samuel Bennitt on June 21, 1731. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] There are over 110 gravestones, 90 unmarked field stones and 241 known grave sites, and most of the original stones face east.