Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
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Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York, United States, is a non-profit, non-sectarian burying ground of about 90 acres. It is the final resting place of numerous famous figures, including W
The Irving family plot
Headstone of Washington Irving
Monumental Granite and Marble Works in North Tarrytown (now Sleepy Hollow) that made tombstones for the cemetery (late 1800s)
Delavan Monument (1871)
Washington Irving
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Washington Irving was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He wrote the short stories "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hol
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
…States, is a non-profit, non-sectarian burying ground of about 90 acres (36 ha). It is the final resting place of numerous famous figures, including Washington Irving, who was a cofounder of the establishment. Incorporated in 1849 as Tarrytown Cemetery, it was renamed Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in 1865. The cemetery is…
Portrait of Washington Irving in about 1820, attributed to Charles Robert Leslie
Watercolor of Washington Irving's encounter with George Washington, painted in 1854 by George Bernard Butler Jr.
The fictional "Diedrich Knickerbocker" from the frontispiece of A History of New York, a wash drawing by Felix O. C. Darley
Portrait of Washington Irving in 1809 at about 26 years old, by John Wesley Jarvis