Grove Street Cemetery
One of the first planned cemeteries in America, founded in 1797, with an Egyptian Revival gate and the graves of many Yale presidents and notable figures.
Grove Street Cemetery was established in 1797 and is one of the earliest cemeteries in the United States laid out on a street grid, with family plots. It is a National Historic Landmark. The entrance is an 1845 Egyptian Revival sandstone gate inscribed with “The Dead Shall Be Raised.” Buried here are Noah Webster (of Webster’s Dictionary), Eli Whitney (cotton gin), Charles Goodyear (vulcanized rubber) and several Yale presidents. It sits right next to the Yale campus, is open free of charge during the day, and often has free guided tours on Saturday mornings.
Opening hours
About 09:00–16:00
Nearby sights
- Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
- Sterling Memorial Library
- Yale University Old Campus & Harkness Tower
- New Haven Green
- Yale University Art Gallery
- Yale Center for British Art
- Yale Peabody Museum
- Shubert Theatre