Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn

Name: Fort Hill Cemetery
Address: 19 Fort St, Auburn, 13021-3733, United States
Telephone: +1 315-253-8132

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Fort Hill Cemetery is a historically significant cemetery located in Auburn, New York. It was incorporated on May 15, 1851 under its official name: "Trustees of the Fort Hill Cemetery Association of Auburn". It is known for its headstones of notable people such as former Secretary of State William H. Seward, his son, William H. Seward Jr. and abolitionist and freedom fighter Harriet Tubman. ()

Established: 1851 (173 years ago)Coordinates: 42°55'28"N, 76°34'19"W

Address

19 Fort StAuburn 13021-3733 United States

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+1 315-253-8132

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Fort Hill Cemetery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Falcon Park, Willard Memorial Chapel, Harriet Tubman National Historical Park, Dr. Sylvester Willard Mansion.

1.4 miNW
Sport complex, Baseball, Sport
Falcon Park, Auburn
35 min walk • Falcon Park is a stadium in Auburn, New York. The stadium is primarily used for baseball and is the home field of the Auburn Doubledays collegiate summer baseball team. The Auburn Maroons high school baseball team also plays its home games at the stadium. The current, rebuilt facility opened in 1995 and holds 2,800 people.
1 miNE
Architecture, Church, History museum
Willard Memorial Chapel, Auburn
25 min walk • The Willard Memorial Chapel and the adjoining Welch Memorial Hall are historic conjoined buildings located at 17-19 Nelson Street in Auburn, Cayuga County, New York.
0.9 miS
Museum, Historical place
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park, Auburn
25 min walk • Harriet Tubman National Historical Park is a US historical park in Auburn and Fleming, New York, associated with the life of Harriet Tubman. It comprises three properties: the Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged, in Auburn; the nearby Harriet Tubman Residence; and the Thompson A.M.E. Zion Church in Auburn.
~1510 ftNW
Museum, History museum, Art museum
Dr. Sylvester Willard Mansion, Auburn
8 min walk • Dr. Sylvester Willard Mansion, also known as the Cayuga Museum of History and Art, is a historic mansion and related outbuildings located in Auburn, Cayuga County, New York state.
~1540 ftE
Museum, History museum
William H. Seward House, Auburn
8 min walk • The William H. Seward House Museum is a historic house museum at 33 South Street in Auburn, New York. Built about 1816, the home of William H. Seward, who served as a New York state senator, the governor of New York, a U.S. senator, a presidential candidate, and then Secretary...
0.4 miN
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Peter's Episcopal Church Complex, Auburn
11 min walk • The St. Peter's Episcopal Church Complex is a historic Episcopal church complex located at 169 Genesee Street in Auburn. The complex consists of the church, the Parish House, a cemetery, and a small burial plot.
0.6 miNE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Schines Auburn Theatre, Auburn
15 min walk • Schines Auburn Theatre is a historic theatre building located at 12-14 South Street between Genesee and Lincoln Streets in Auburn, New York. It is owned by the Cayuga County Arts Council.
~1470 ftN
Library
Seymour Library, Auburn
8 min walk • The Case Memorial-Seymour Library is a historic library building located at 176 Genesee Street in Auburn. It was built in 1898 and as designed by architects Carrère and Hastings, in the Beaux-Arts style. It is a square, two story, three bay building constructed of Flemish bond brick and limestone topped by a hipped roof.
0.8 miNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Wall Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Auburn
21 min walk • Wall Street Methodist Episcopal Church, formerly the home of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, was a historic Methodist Episcopal church located at 69 Wall Street in Auburn, New York, United States.
~750 ftW
Memorial
Harriet Tubman Grave, Auburn
4 min walk • Harriet Tubman Grave is an historic gravesite located in Fort Hill Cemetery at Auburn, in Cayuga County, New York. The granite gravestone marks the resting place of famed African-American abolitionist and Christian Harriet Tubman, who was born into slavery in Maryland in the United States in 1822.
~1470 ftNW
42°55'39"N • 76°34'33"W
Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn
8 min walk • Museum, Art museum, Art gallery

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Which popular attractions are close to Fort Hill Cemetery?

Nearby attractions include Harriet Tubman Grave, Auburn (4 min walk), Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn (8 min walk), Seymour Library, Auburn (8 min walk), Dr. Sylvester Willard Mansion, Auburn (8 min walk).

Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn

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Fort Hill Cemetery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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