Plan of the New-Haven Burying-Ground
MakerMade by
Unknown
Datebefore 1839
MediumEngraving; printer's ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 13 1/2 x 15 1/4in. (34.3 x 38.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 15 11/16 x 19 1/16in. (39.8 x 48.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
Object number2012.312.4
DescriptionMap of the burial ground in New Haven, Connecticut, showing numbered plots in twelve vertically-oriented, numbered tiers. The first tier is labeled United Society; the second, Episcopal Society; the third, Yale College; and the fourth, First Society. Above the numbered tiers, on the left side of the map, are six city square plats, two smaller areas for Baptist and Methodist society, a college square plat, and two larger sections for "Strangers" and "People of Colour." To the right of this is a large rectange diagonally bisected into a meadow and a poplar grove. To the north is the highway; to the east, Prospect Street; to the south, Grove Street; and to the west, another highway.
Label TextNew Haven's first cemetery was on the town Green, but by the late 1700s, it had become too crowded, and in 1797, the New Burying Ground--subsequently known as the Grove Street Cemetery--was established on what was then the outskirts of town. The new cemetery soon became a tourist attraction because of its innovative design. By the late 1830s, however, the new cemetery was suffering from vandalism and had begun to fall into disrepair. This map appears to be earlier than a second map in the Connecticut Historical Society collection showing the cemetery as it appeared in 1839.
NotesCartographic Note: No scaleSubject note: The New Haven Burying Ground is now known as the Grove Street Cemetery.
Related Note: This map is similar to 2012.312.3; this one appears to be an earlier rendering of the cemetery. The meadow and poplar grove that are shown in this map have been turned into more burial plots, and many of the plots that were available in the city squares have been numbered in 2012.312.4. (LAST NAME? DATE?)
Status
Not on view
Richard Welling
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