The Roslyn Cemetery is a historic

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located on Northern Boulevard (NY 25A) in Greenvale, in Nassau County,

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, United States. It is owned by the Roslyn Presbyterian Church which is located within the Village of Roslyn.

Description

The Roslyn Cemetery is a product of the " Rural Cemetery Act" of which one of the many intents was to move burial grounds away from the local church and community as well as to design the grounds in a park like setting. This is clearly evident in the "Roslyn Cemetery" which is more like a

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than a cemetery. Interments began in the 19th century and it continues to accept burials today. The cemetery has many notable figures as well as a section dedicated to fallen

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soldiers. ''Note:'' This includes an
''Accompanying photographs''
/ref> The " East Gate Toll House" which sits on the south east side of the "Roslyn Cemetery" and is clearly seen from Northern Blvd. (Route 25A) is the last remaining toll house that served the North Hempstead Turnpike. It was built around 1864 and is frequently but incorrectly referred to as being a toll house for the

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which ran considerably south of this location. Over the years the toll road had ceased operation and the main road was moved south of the toll house. The "Roslyn Cemetery" eventually surrounded the property. This structure sat unoccupied for many years and served little more than a shed for cemetery work tools. In the 1980s it was restored. It serves as a private residence and, like the surrounding cemetery, is listed on the

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and the

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– as well as being a Town of North Hempstead Designated Landmark. Roslyn Presby Church pond jeh

Notable interments

William Cullen Bryant William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 – June 12, 1878) was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the '' New York Evening Post''. Born in Massachusetts, he started his career as a lawyer but showed an interest in poe ...

, poet and journalist, lived in Roslyn *

Frances Hodgson Burnett Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 – 29 October 1924) was a British-American novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children's novels ''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' (1886), ''A Little Princess'' (1905), a ...

, author of ''

The Secret Garden ''The Secret Garden'' is a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published in book form in 1911, after serialisation in ''The American Magazine'' (November 1910 – August 1911). Set in England, it is seen as a classic of English c ...

'', '' A Little Princess'' and ''

Little Lord Fauntleroy ''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' is a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was published as a serial in ''St. Nicholas Magazine'' from November 1885 to October 1886, then as a book by Charles Scribner's Sons, Scribner's (the publisher of ...

'' * Christopher Morley, poet and journalist, lived in Roslyn * Stephen Taber, a

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man from New York from 1865–1869 * William Tavoulareas, President of Mobil Corporation 1969–1984 lived in Sands Pt.

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Political Graveyard interments at Roslyn Cemetery
{{National Register of Historic Places in New York Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Cemeteries in Nassau County, New York National Register of Historic Places in North Hempstead (town), New York

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