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Grove Street Cemetery

Grove Street Cemetery or Grove Street Burial Ground is a cemetery in , that is surrounded by the Yale University campus. It was organized in 1796 as the New Haven Burying Ground and incorporated in October 1797 to replace the crowded burial ground on the .
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  • Type: Cemetery
  • Description: cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut
  • Also known as: “Grove Cemetery” and “New City Burying Ground”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and Yale University Collection of Musical Instruments.

Library
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The is the rare book library and literary archive of Yale University Library in . It is one of the largest buildings in the world dedicated to rare books and manuscripts and is one of the largest collections of such texts. is situated 780 feet south of Grove Street Cemetery.

Museum
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The Yale Morris Steinert Collection of Musical Instruments, a division of the Yale School of Music, is a museum in New Haven, . It was established in 1900 by a gift of historic keyboard instruments from Morris Steinert, and later enriched in 1960 and 1962 by the acquisition of the Belle Skinner and Emil Herrmann collections. is situated 1,000 feet southeast of Grove Street Cemetery.

Sports venue
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
David S. is a hockey rink in , designed by architect Eero Saarinen and built between 1953 and 1958 for Yale University. is situated 1,300 feet northeast of Grove Street Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hillhouse Avenue and Elm Street Historic District.

Neighborhood
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is a street in New Haven, Connecticut, famous for its many nineteenth century mansions, including the president's house at Yale University.

Neighborhood
is a state historic district in the area of , . The area is eligible for listing, but not yet listed, on the National Register of Historic Places.

Neighborhood
is the neighborhood located in the heart of the city of , . It is made up of the original nine squares laid out in 1638 to form New Haven, including the , and the immediate surrounding central business district, as well as a significant portion of the Yale University campus.

Grove Street Cemetery

Latitude
41.31373° or 41° 18′ 49″ north
Longitude
-72.92705° or 72° 55′ 37″ west
Elevation
46 feet (14 metres)
Open location code
87H9837F+F5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 43437557
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
Geo­Names ID
4835498
Wiki­data ID
Q5611457
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Grove Street Cemetery” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Գրուվ Սթրիտ գերեզմանատուն”
  • Belarusian: “Груў-стрыт”
  • Catalan: “Cementiri de Grove Street”
  • Chinese: “格罗夫街公墓”
  • Chinese: “格罗夫街墓地”
  • Chinese: “格羅夫街墓地”
  • Czech: “Grove Street Cemetery”
  • French: “Grove Street Cemetery”
  • Georgian: “გრუვ-სტრიტის სასაფლაო”
  • Hebrew: “בית הקברות גרוב סטריט”
  • Japanese: “グローヴ・ストリート墓地”
  • Japanese: “グローブ・ストリート墓地”
  • Luxembourgish: “Grove Street Cemetery”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Grove Street Cemetery”
  • Portuguese: “Cemitério de Grove Street”
  • Portuguese: “Grove Street Cemetery”
  • Russian: “Гроув-стрит”
  • Russian: “кладбище Гроув-стрит”
  • Slovenian: “Grove Street Cemetery”
  • Swedish: “Grove Street Cemetery”
  • Ukrainian: “цвинтар Гроув-Стріт”

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