Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
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Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Concord, Massachusetts, best known as the resting place of prominent American authors and thinkers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Louisa May Alcott.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sleepy Hollow Cemetery canonical | 4 |
| Sleepy Hollow Cemetery (Concord, Massachusetts) | 3 |
| Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Massachusetts | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cemetery
ⓘ
historic place ⓘ |
| architect | Horace Cleveland ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | rural cemetery movement ⓘ |
| burialPlaceOf |
American Civil War veterans
ⓘ
local Concord families ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| hasAccess | open to the public ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLocation | 42.462°N 71.343°W ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
important site in American literary history
ⓘ
resting place of major American Transcendentalists ⓘ |
| hasDesignConcept | picturesque landscape design ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
active burial site
ⓘ
commemoration of notable American figures ⓘ |
| hasHeritageValue | association with Transcendentalist movement ⓘ |
| hasNearbyAttraction |
Concord Museum
ⓘ
Old North Bridge ⓘ Walden Pond ⓘ |
| hasPart | Authors Ridge ⓘ |
| hasPhotographicSubject | Authors Ridge headstones ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryLanguageOfSignage | English ⓘ |
| hasSection | Civil War soldiers’ lots ⓘ |
| hasTourismType |
heritage tourism
ⓘ
literary tourism ⓘ |
| hasUse | public burial ground ⓘ |
| hasVegetationType | mixed New England hardwood trees ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://concordma.gov (cemeteries section) ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Register of Historic Places
ⓘ
surface form:
National Register of Historic Places listing
|
| inception | 1855 ⓘ |
| isPartOf | historic resources of Concord, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Concord, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Massachusetts
ⓘ
Middlesex County, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Concord Public Works or Cemetery Department ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Sleepy Hollow (valley within Concord) ⓘ |
| nearbyWaterBody | Mill Brook (Concord) ⓘ |
| notableBurial |
Bronson Alcott
ⓘ
H. D. Thoreau family members ⓘ Henry David Thoreau ⓘ Louisa May Alcott ⓘ Nathaniel Hawthorne ⓘ Ralph Waldo Emerson ⓘ Sophia Peabody ⓘ
surface form:
Sophia Peabody Hawthorne
|
| ownedBy |
Concord
ⓘ
surface form:
Town of Concord
|
| significantEvent | development of Authors Ridge as literary pilgrimage site ⓘ |
| terrainFeature |
rolling hills
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wooded landscape ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery (Concord, Massachusetts)
subject surface form:
Melvin Memorial
this entity surface form:
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Massachusetts
subject surface form:
Concord, Massachusetts
this entity surface form:
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery (Concord, Massachusetts)
this entity surface form:
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery (Concord, Massachusetts)