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| ====== Cedar Hill Cemetery ====== | ====== Cedar Hill Cemetery ====== |
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| Established in 1864 and comprising 270 acres, Cedar Hill Cemetery is a prominent rural cemetery on Fairfield Avenue in [[hartford|Hartford]], Connecticut, only a mile from the Trinity College [[summit_campus|Summit Campus]]. It was designed by American landscape architect Jacob Weidenmann, who also designed Bushnell Park in Hartford. Cedar Hill is known for the prominent residents who rest there, as well as its early American rural design. The cemetery is nonsectarian and privately-managed, and serves as the final resting place for over 35,000 people. | Established in 1864 and comprising 270 acres, Cedar Hill Cemetery is a prominent rural cemetery on Fairfield Avenue in [[hartford|Hartford]], Connecticut, only a mile from the Trinity College [[summit_campus|Summit Campus]]. It was designed by American landscape architect Jacob Weidenmann, who also designed Bushnell Park in Hartford. Cedar Hill is known for the prominent residents who have been laid to rest there, as well as its early American rural design. The cemetery is nonsectarian and privately-managed, and serves as the final resting place for over 35,000 people. |
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| Rural cemeteries were purposely designed to emulate city parks and "burial grounds were laid in a natural, park-like setting rather than row-on-row, as in churchyards." ((Favretti, p. 36)) As Bushnell Park was being built in the late 1860s, Hartford felt that it also needed a rural cemetery à la Mount Auburn in Cambridge. The land selected was off of New Haven Turnpike, or Fairfield Avenue today, and was originally part of the old Hillhouse Farm land. It rose and fell in a series of hills or ridges, and included natural cedar trees, ponds, brooks and pools of water. Weidenmann wished to preserve as many of these natural features as possible, including designing roads to follow the natural slopes and contours of the land. Sections of open green space between the roads and paths would be divided into family lots, which would be marked by a large monument with smaller, flush stones surrounding it. Between each plot, trees and shrubs would be planted as natural borders, and no fences or walls would be constructed. Weidenmann called this arrangement an "open lawn system" which would inspire peace and love for natural beauty in the visitor. | Rural cemeteries were purposely designed to emulate city parks and "burial grounds were laid in a natural, park-like setting rather than row-on-row, as in churchyards." ((Favretti, p. 36)) As Bushnell Park was being built in the late 1860s, there was a need felt in Hartford for a rural cemetery à la Mount Auburn in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The land selected was off of New Haven Turnpike (Fairfield Avenue today) and was originally part of the old Hillhouse Farm land. It rose and fell in a series of hills or ridges, and included natural cedar trees, ponds, brooks, and pools of water. Weidenmann wished to preserve as many of these natural features as possible, including designing roads to follow the natural slopes and contours of the land. Sections of open green space between the roads and paths would be divided into family lots, which would be marked by a large monument with smaller, flush stones surrounding it. Between each plot, trees and shrubs would be planted as natural borders, and no fences or walls would be constructed. Weidenmann called this arrangement an "open lawn system" which would inspire in the visitor peace and love for natural beauty. |
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| //Cedar Hill Cemetery still retains its basic open lawn plan, and it is a virtual arboretum because of its collection of trees and shrubs, many which date from the nineteenth century. Two of the lakes are gone in the ornamental foreground, but the foreground is still preserved as a serene entry to the Cemetery. The entrance road, which traverses the dam along the lakes was restored in 2004, and the original drainage designed by Weidenmann and laid by his crew was replaced after having served 144 years, a tribute to Weidenmann's expertise.// ((Favretti, p. 47)) | //Cedar Hill Cemetery still retains its basic open lawn plan, and it is a virtual arboretum because of its collection of trees and shrubs, many which date from the nineteenth century. Two of the lakes are gone in the ornamental foreground, but the foreground is still preserved as a serene entry to the Cemetery. The entrance road, which traverses the dam along the lakes was restored in 2004, and the original drainage designed by Weidenmann and laid by his crew was replaced after having served 144 years, a tribute to Weidenmann's expertise.// ((Favretti, p. 47)) |
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| Many figures from Trinity's history are laid to rest in Cedar Hill Cemetery. | Many figures from Trinity's history have been interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery. |
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| ===== College Presidents ===== | ===== College Presidents ===== |
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| * **[[brownell_thomas_church|Rt. Rev. Thomas Church Brownell]]** [Sec 2, Lot 3], Trinity College's First [[presidents|President]] and Bishop of Connecticut. The [[brownell_statue|Brownell Statue]] which resides on Trinity's campus was originally intended to be Brownell's monument in Cedar Hill Cemetery, but was gifted to the College campus instead, where it remains on the main quad, opposite the [[long_walk|Long Walk]]. | * **[[brownell_thomas_church|Rt. Rev. Thomas Church Brownell]]** [Sec 2, Lot 3], Trinity College's first [[presidents|president]] and Bishop of Connecticut. The [[brownell_statue|Brownell Statue]] that resides on Trinity's campus was originally intended to be Brownell's monument in Cedar Hill Cemetery, but was gifted to the College campus instead, where it remains on the main quad, opposite the [[long_walk|Long Walk]]. |
| * **[[jackson_abner|Rev. Abner Jackson]]** [Sec: 3, Lot 19], Trinity College's eighth President | * **[[jackson_abner|Rev. Abner Jackson]]** [Sec: 3, Lot 19], Trinity College's eighth President |
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| * **John Moore Kelso Davis** [Sec 13, Lot 25], Watkinson Library benefactor, Honorary Degree recipient and son of alumni John H.K. Davis | * **John Moore Kelso Davis** [Sec 13, Lot 25], Watkinson Library benefactor, Honorary Degree recipient and son of alumni John H.K. Davis |
| * **John Pierpont Morgan** [Sec 11, Lot 1], donor whose contributions helped build Boardman Hall and Williams Memorial | * **[[morgan_j._pierpont|John Pierpont Morgan]]** [Sec 11, Lot 1], donor whose contributions helped build Boardman Hall and Williams Memorial |
| * **Col. Charles H. Northam** [Sec 2, Lot 37], philanthropist whose contributions built [[northam_towers|Northam Towers]] | * **Col. Charles H. Northam** [Sec 2, Lot 37], philanthropist whose contributions built [[northam_towers|Northam Towers]] |
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