Cedar Hill Cemetery (Hartford, Connecticut)
Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford, Connecticut is located at 453 Fairfield Avenue. It was designed by landscape architect Jacob Weidenmann (1829–1893) 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.
The Mark Howard monument, one of Cedar Hill's most famous.
Cynthia Talcott monument.
The grave of Katharine Hepburn.
Family plot of Yung Wing, the first Chinese graduate of an American university, Yale.
George Keller (architect)
George Keller was an American architect and engineer. He enjoyed a diverse and successful career, and was sought for his designs of bridges, houses, monuments, and various commercial and public buildings. Keller's most famous projects, however, are the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch in Hartford, Connecticut, and the James A. Garfield Memorial in Cleveland, Ohio.
George Keller, circa 1880
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, Hartford, Connecticut (1884–86), south side. Keller's ashes are interred within the Memorial Arch.
Grace Episcopal Church Rectory, Windsor, Connecticut (c. 1865–70).
Temple Beth Israel Synagogue, Hartford, Connecticut (1876). Now Charter Oak Cultural Center.