Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford

Name: Cedar Hill Cemetery
Address: 453 Fairfield Ave, Hartford, 06114, United States
Telephone: +1 860 956 3311

#21 among attractions in Hartford

Gothic Revival architecture, Cemetery

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Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford, Connecticut is located at 453 Fairfield Avenue. It was designed by landscape architect Jacob Weidenmann who also designed Hartford's Bushnell Park. Its first sections were completed in 1866 and the first burial took place on July 17, 1866. Cedar Hill was designed as an American rural cemetery in the tradition of Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ()

Built: 1865 (159 years ago)Coordinates: 41°43'20"N, 72°42'6"W

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453 Fairfield AveHartford 06114 United States

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+1 860 956 3311

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

Nearby attractions include: Blue Back Square, Westfarms, Wadsworth Atheneum, The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts.

3.3 miNW
Shopping, Shopping centre, Department store
Blue Back Square, West Hartford
83 min walk • Blue Back Square is a mixed-use development located adjacent to West Hartford Center, in West Hartford, Connecticut. It is an example of New Urbanism, combining retail and residential space.
3.2 miW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Westfarms, West Hartford
81 min walk • Westfarms is a shopping mall on the West Hartford–Farmington town line in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was opened in 1974, expanded in 1982 and 1995–1997, and remodeled in 2008–2009.
3.2 miNE
19th- and 20th-century American artists
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
82 min walk • The Wadsworth Atheneum is an art museum in Hartford, Connecticut. The Wadsworth is noted for its collections of European Baroque art, ancient Egyptian and Classical bronzes, French and American Impressionist paintings, Hudson River School landscapes, modernist masterpieces and...
3 miN
Theater, Concerts and shows, Performing arts
The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, Hartford
77 min walk • The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts is a performing arts venue at 166 Capitol Street in Hartford, Connecticut. Managed by a non-profit organization, it is marketed as Connecticut's premier presenter of the performing arts.
1.9 miN
Church, Spiritual
Trinity College Chapel, Hartford
50 min walk • The Trinity College Chapel is a Collegiate Gothic structure built in 1933 on the campus of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. It was designed by Philip H. Frohman of the firm Frohman, Robb and Little, who also designed the National Cathedral in Washington D.C.
1.9 miN
Nightlife, Cinema
Cinestudio, Hartford
49 min walk • Cinestudio is an independent film theater located on the campus of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. The theater is a single-screen venue with a seating capacity of approximately 485, a classic McKim, Mead & White design from 1935.
2.3 miN
Church
Grace Episcopal Church, Hartford
59 min walk • St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, known more recently as the Templo Sion Pentecostal Church, is a historic church at 1886-1906 Park Street in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Built in 1900, it is a good example of Romanesque Revival design.
1.8 miN
Universities and schools
Trinity College, Hartford
46 min walk • Trinity College is a private liberal arts college in Hartford, Connecticut. Founded as Washington College in 1823, it is the second-oldest college in the state of Connecticut. Coeducational since 1969, the college enrolls 2,235 students. Trinity offers 41 majors and 28 interdisciplinary minors.
1.8 miNE
Church
St. Augustine Parish, Hartford
45 min walk • St. Augustine Parish is a Roman Catholic parish located in Hartford, Connecticut. In addition to a church, the parish also administered the former St. Augustine School.
0.6 miNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Northam Memorial Chapel and Gallup Memorial Gateway, Hartford
16 min walk • Northam Memorial Chapel and Gallup Memorial Gateway, also known as Cedar Hill Chapel and Gateway, are a historic chapel and gateway in the Cedar Hill Cemetery at 453 Fairfield Avenue in Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
1.8 miNE
Nightlife, Music and shows, Rock club
Webster Theater, Hartford
47 min walk • The Webster Theater is a music venue in the south end of Hartford, Connecticut. The Webster Underground is an attached smaller venue, which usually acts as a second stage during concerts on the main stage.