Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Historic cemetery in Concord, Massachusetts.
The cemetery extends across 119 acres of land with hills, natural vegetation, and thousands of grave markers arranged along winding paths.
Founded in 1823 as New Hill Cemetery, the grounds received official consecration in 1855 with an address from Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Authors Ridge contains the final resting places of literary figures Henry Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Louisa May Alcott.
The cemetery maintains active burial services and provides visitors with detailed maps for locating notable graves and monuments throughout the grounds.
The Melvin Memorial, crafted by Daniel Chester French, stands as a monument to three brothers who died during the Civil War.
Location: Concord
Inception: 1855
Website: http://concordnet.org/Pages/ConcordMA_Cemetery/sleepy
GPS coordinates: 42.46330,-71.34440
Latest update: May 27, 2025 07:15
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