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Fort Hill Cemetery
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Established1851 (Chapel built in 1893)
Location
19 Fort St, Auburn, New York
Coordinates42°55′29″N 76°34′18″W / 42.92472°N 76.57167°W / 42.92472; -76.57167
StyleGothic Revival
Websitewww.forthillcemetery.net Edit this at Wikidata

Fort Hill Cemetery is a cemetery located in Auburn, New York, United States. It was incorporated on May 15, 1851 under its official name: "Trustees of the Fort Hill Cemetery Association of Auburn". It is known for its headstones of notable people such as former Secretary of State William H. Seward, his son, William H. Seward Jr. and abolitionist and freedom fighter Harriet Tubman. It is built on what was once a fortified village of the Cayuga Nation.[1] The cemetery features a 56 ft (17 m). high limestone obelisk monument to Chief Logan, famed chief of the Haudenosaunee.[2]

  1. ^ "Fort Hill Cemetery". www.forthillcemetery.net.
  2. ^ "Fort Hill Cemetery Logan's Monument". www.forthillcemetery.net.

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