In 2008, Yale announced plans to construct two new residential colleges just north of the cemetery. It was designated a National Historic Landmark by the United States Secretary of the Interior in 2000, citing its history and the architectural significance of its gateway. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. In 1848–49, the perimeter of the cemetery was surrounded on three sides by an 8-foot (2.4 m) stone wall. The lintel of the gateway is inscribed "The Dead Shall Be Raised." The quotation is taken from 1 Corinthians 15.52: "For the trumpet will sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed." Supposedly, Yale President Arthur Twining Hadley said of the inscription, "They certainly will be, if Yale needs the property." The style, popular in New England in that era, was chosen to reinforce the antiquity of the site. Gateway and fence construction (1845–49) Ĭompleted in 1845, the entrance on Grove Street is a brownstone Egyptian Revival gateway, designed by New Haven architects Henry Austin and Hezekiah Augur, both of whom are buried at the cemetery. In 1821, the monuments on the green were removed to the Grove Street Cemetery. At first consisting of 6 acres (0.024 km 2), the cemetery was quickly subscribed and thereafter expanded to nearly 18 acres (0.073 km 2). In 1796, thirty-two families purchased a tract just north of Grove Street, the tract was enclosed by a wooden fence, which was prone to rotting and needed to be replaced frequently. Senator, to invite other prominent families in the town to establish a dedicated burial ground on farmland bordering the town. The increased demand for burial space prompted James Hillhouse, a businessman and U.S. In 1794–95, a yellow fever plague swept the town. History Establishment (1796) įor the first 160 years of permanent settlement, New Haven residents buried their dead on the New Haven Green, the town's central open space and churchyard. 1.2 Gateway and fence construction (1845–49).Today, it is managed by Camco Cemetery Management. In 2000, Grove Street Cemetery was designated a National Historic Landmark. Many notable Yale and New Haven luminaries are buried in the Grove Street Cemetery, including 14 Yale presidents nevertheless, it was not restricted to members of the upper class, and was open to all. a whole redefinition of how people viewed death and dying", according to historian Peter Dobkin Hall. By introducing ideas like permanent memorials and the sanctity of the deceased body, the cemetery became "a real turning point. The first private, nonprofit cemetery in the world, it was one of the earliest burial grounds to have a planned layout, with plots permanently owned by individual families, a structured arrangement of ornamental plantings, and paved and named streets and avenues. It was organized in 1796 as the New Haven Burying Ground and incorporated in October 1797 to replace the crowded burial ground on the New Haven Green. Grove Street Cemetery or Grove Street Burial Ground is a cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut, that is surrounded by the Yale University campus.
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