Fort Hill Cemetery

Fort Hill Cemetery For fans of Fort Hill Cemetery, founded in 1851, is located in Auburn, New York (ref. No re-use without permission.

Used during Indian tribal wars, it is one of the best preserved fortified villages of the ancient Cayuga Indians. http://www.cayuganet.org/forthill/)

Notable Burials: Harriet Tubman, William H. Seward, General Emory Upton, and Theodore Willard Case.

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Adams family vault, constructed 1860Image by C.G. Gibbard, 1872
09/13/2014

Adams family vault, constructed 1860
Image by C.G. Gibbard, 1872

Woodruff family monument, below and west of Fort Alleghan(l) image from stereocard, ca. 1870s(r) image from postcard, ca...
08/06/2014

Woodruff family monument, below and west of Fort Alleghan
(l) image from stereocard, ca. 1870s
(r) image from postcard, ca. 1910s

Adams family vault, 1860Image by C.G. Gibbard, 1872Stereocard
08/06/2014

Adams family vault, 1860
Image by C.G. Gibbard, 1872
Stereocard

From: "Harper's New Monthly Magazine" 1860, p. 744Fort Alleghan section of Fort Hill Cemetery, before it became the ceme...
04/04/2013

From: "Harper's New Monthly Magazine" 1860, p. 744
Fort Alleghan section of Fort Hill Cemetery, before it became the cemetery.
Line drawing, artist unknown.
Drawing may precede 1860, because it does not depict central mound nor Logan's Monument which was erected in 1852.
It may have been left out by the artist to render authenticity to the original site.

T.J. (Terrance) Kennedy is interred in the mausoleum at the eastern base of Mount Auburn, behind Bradley Chapel in Fort ...
06/07/2012

T.J. (Terrance) Kennedy is interred in the mausoleum at the eastern base of Mount Auburn, behind Bradley Chapel in Fort Hill Cemetery.
As the Civil War loomed on the horizon, Kennedy was frustrated by Albany's slow response, he outfitted the first regiment from Auburn/Cayuga County using funds from his own business.

Just acquired: Original rendering of Bradley Memorial Chapel by architect Julius Schweinfurth.Full page, hand colored, a...
05/03/2012

Just acquired: Original rendering of Bradley Memorial Chapel by architect Julius Schweinfurth.
Full page, hand colored, appeared in "Architectural Review," Dec. 2, 1893.
Originally in pristine condition, was damaged in shipping - extensive creasing on right side and lower right corner; frame was destroyed.
Sent by Priority Mail, (uninsured) the USPS takes no responsibility for the (rough) handling of package.

Seward Family Lot, Fort Hill Cemetery, ca. early 1910s(pre-WWI postcard)
04/02/2012

Seward Family Lot, Fort Hill Cemetery, ca. early 1910s
(pre-WWI postcard)

This map from John Miskell's book (prison historian) shows the location of the Prison Plot.The inmates buried there were...
04/01/2012

This map from John Miskell's book (prison historian) shows the location of the Prison Plot.
The inmates buried there were relocated to Soule Cemetery ca. April, 1931.
This area became the Pine View Jewish Section of the cemetery in 1951.

Joe Keough of Ohio played the bagpipes at the commemoration of the 125th anniversary of the death of Lt. Col. Myles Keog...
03/26/2012

Joe Keough of Ohio played the bagpipes at the commemoration of the 125th anniversary of the death of Lt. Col. Myles Keogh at the Battle of Little Big Horn, June 25, 2001

My sketch of Logan's Monument, ca. 1981
03/26/2012

My sketch of Logan's Monument, ca. 1981

My sketch of the "Lodge," predecessor of Bradley Chapel, ca. 1981
03/26/2012

My sketch of the "Lodge," predecessor of Bradley Chapel, ca. 1981

My sketch of Fay family mausoleum, ca. 1981
03/26/2012

My sketch of Fay family mausoleum, ca. 1981

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