Albany Rural Cemetery

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Albany Rural Cemetery is a historic, park-like burial ground in Menands, New York, known for its notable interments, picturesque landscape, and 19th-century funerary art and architecture.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf cemetery
historic site
rural cemetery
architecturalStyle Classical Revival
Gothic Revival
Victorian
area approximately 467 acres
country United States
governedBy Albany Rural Cemetery Association
hasCharacteristic 19th-century funerary art
Victorian funerary monuments
elaborate mausoleums
family mausoleums
historic burial plots
monumental sculpture
ornamental plantings
park-like setting
picturesque landscape design
rural cemetery movement design
scenic vistas
winding roads and paths
hasFunction burial ground
historic attraction
memorial landscape
recreational walking area
hasNotableInterment Albany political figures
Chester A. Arthur
Civil War veterans
Erastus Corning 2nd
William L. Marcy
prominent local families
hasSection family plots
mausoleum sections
soldiers’ lots
hasWebsite https://www.albanyruralcemetery.org/
heritageDesignation listed on the National Register of Historic Places
inception 1841
locatedIn Albany County, New York NERFINISHED
Capital District of New York
Menands, New York
New York State
NRHPListingDate 1979
NRHPReferenceNumber 79001570
opened 1844
serves Albany, New York metropolitan area
terrainFeature rolling hills
wooded landscape

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Chester A. Arthur
Philip Schuyler
Telford Taylor
William Paterson
burialPlace
Albany Rural Cemetery ("Albany Rural Cemetery Association")
governedBy

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