Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York, is the final resting place of numerous famous figures, including

Washington Irving Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and " The Legen ...

, whose 1820 short story " The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is set in the adjacent burying ground at the

Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow ( nl, Oude Nederlandse Kerk van Sleepy Hollow), listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Dutch Reformed Church (Sleepy Hollow), is a 17th-century stone church located on Albany Post Road ( U.S. R ...

. Incorporated in 1849 as Tarrytown Cemetery, the site posthumously honored Irving's request that it change its name to Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 2009.

History

The cemetery is a non-profit, non-sectarian burying ground of about . It is contiguous with, but separate from, the churchyard of the Old Dutch Church, the colonial-era church that was a setting for " The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". The

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estate (

Kykuit Kykuit ( ), known also as the John D. Rockefeller Estate, is a 40-room historic house museum in Pocantico Hills, a hamlet in the town of Mount Pleasant, New York 25 miles north of New York City. The house was built for oil tycoon and Rockefelle ...

), whose grounds abut Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, contains the private Rockefeller cemetery. In 1894 under the leadership of

Marcius D. Raymond Marcius D. Raymond (April 8, 1833 – December 15, 1911) was an American newspaper publisher and editor, writer, genealogist, and historian. Biography Marcius Dension Raymond was born on April 8, 1833, at Sherburne, Chenango County, New York. H ...

, publisher of the local Tarrytown Argus newspaper, funds were raised to build a granite monument honoring the soldiers of the American Revolutionary War buried in the cemetery.

Notable monuments

The Helmsley mausoleum, final resting place of

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and

Leona Helmsley Leona Roberts Helmsley (July 4, 1920 – August 20, 2007) was an American businesswoman. Her flamboyant personality and reputation for tyrannical behavior earned her the nickname Queen of Mean. After allegations of non-payment were made by co ...

, features a window showing the skyline of Manhattan in stained glass. It was built by Mrs. Helmsley at a cost of $1.4 million in 2007. She had her husband's body moved from its resting place in

Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York) Woodlawn Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in New York City and a designated National Historic Landmark. Located south of Woodlawn Heights, Bronx, New York City, it has the character of a rural cemetery. Woodlawn Cemetery opened during t ...

to the new mausoleum.

Notable burials

Washington Irving's headstone Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

Numerous notable people are interred at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, including: *

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(1867–1948), actress *

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(1848–1916), a director of the Standard Oil Company *

Elizabeth Arden Elizabeth Arden (born Florence Nightingale Graham; December 31, 1881 – October 18, 1966) was a Canadian-American businesswoman who founded what is now Elizabeth Arden, Inc., and built a cosmetics empire in the United States. By 1929, s ...

(1878–1966), businesswoman who built a cosmetics empire *

Brooke Astor Roberta Brooke Astor (née Russell; March 30, 1902 – August 13, 2007) was an American philanthropist, socialite, and writer who was the chairwoman of the Vincent Astor Foundation, established by her third husband, Vincent Astor, son of John ...

(1902–2007), philanthropist and socialite *

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Leo Baekeland Leo Hendrik Baekeland (November 14, 1863 – February 23, 1944) was a Belgian chemist. He is best known for the inventions of Velox photographic paper in 1893, and Bakelite in 1907. He has been called "The Father of the Plastics Industry" ...

(1863–1944), the father of plastic; Bakelite is named for him. The murder of his grandson's wife Barbara by his great-grandson, Tony, is told in the book ''Savage Grace'' *

Robert Livingston Beeckman Robert Livingston Beeckman (April 15, 1866 – January 21, 1935) was an American stockbroker, sportsman, and politician who served as the 52nd Governor of Rhode Island. Early life Beeckman was born on April 15, 1866 in New York City, New York. ...

(1866–1935), American politician and Governor of

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* Marty Bergen (1869-1906), American National Champion Thoroughbred racing jockey *

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(1872–1928), American actor * Henry E. Bliss (1870–1955), devised the Bliss library classification system *

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(1877–1939), conductor at New York

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* Major Edward Bowes (1874–1946), early radio star, he hosted '' Major Bowes' Amateur Hour'' *

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(1892–1939), American actress *

Andrew Carnegie Andrew Carnegie (, ; November 25, 1835August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans i ...

(1835–1919), businessman and philanthropist; monument by Scots sculptor

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* Louise Whitfield Carnegie (1857–1946), wife of Andrew Carnegie *

Walter Chrysler Walter Percy Chrysler (April 2, 1875 – August 18, 1940) was an American industrial pioneer in the automotive industry, American automotive industry executive and the founder and namesake of American Chrysler Corporation. Early life Chrysler wa ...

(1875–1940), businessman, commissioned the

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and founded the Chrysler Corporation * Francis Pharcellus Church (1839–1906), editor at

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who penned the editorial "

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" * William Conant Church (1836–1917), co-founder of Armed Forces Journal and the National Rifle Association *

Henry Sloane Coffin Henry Sloane Coffin (January 5, 1877, in New York City – November 25, 1954, in Lakeville, Connecticut) was president of the Union Theological Seminary, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, and one of the mo ...

(1877–1954), teacher, minister, and author * William Sloane Coffin, Sr. (1879–1933), businessman *

Kent Cooper Kent Cooper (March 22, 1880 – January 31, 1965) served with the Associated Press (AP) for 41 years, last as executive director. Background Kent Cooper was born on March 22, 1880, in Columbus, Indiana; his father was Democratic U.S. Congressma ...

(1880–1965), influential head of the

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from 1925 to 1948 *

Jasper Francis Cropsey Jasper Francis Cropsey (February 18, 1823 – June 22, 1900) was an important American landscape artist of the Hudson River School. Early years Cropsey was born on his father Jacob Rezeau Cropsey's farm in Rossville on Staten Island, New Yor ...

(1823–1900), landscape painter and architect; designed the now-demolished

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Sixth Avenue elevated railroad stations *

Floyd Crosby Floyd Delafield Crosby, A.S.C. (December 12, 1899 – September 30, 1985) was an Academy Award-winning American cinematographer, descendant of the Van Rensselaer family, and father of musicians Ethan and David Crosby. Early life Crosby was b ...

(1899–1985),

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-winning cinematographer, father of musician

David Crosby David Van Cortlandt Crosby (born August 14, 1941) is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. In addition to his solo career, he was a founding member of both the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash. Crosby joined the Byrds in 1964. They got ...

* Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge (1882–1973), heiress and patron of the arts * William H. Douglas (1853–1944), U.S. Representative from New York * Maud Earl (1864–1943), British-American painter of canines * Parker Fennelly (1891–1988), American actor * Malcolm Webster Ford (1862–1902), champion amateur athlete and journalist; brother of Paul, he took his own life after slaying his brother. * Paul Leicester Ford (1865–1902), editor, bibliographer, novelist, and biographer; brother of Malcolm Webster Ford by whose hand he died * Dixon Ryan Fox (1887–1945), educator and president of Union College, New York *

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(1851–1914), engineer, the ''Sulphur King'' *

Samuel Gompers Samuel Gompers (; January 27, 1850December 13, 1924) was a British-born American cigar maker, labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history. Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and served as the organization's ...

(1850–1924), founder of the American Federation of Labor * Madison Grant (1865–1937), eugenicist and conservationist, author of

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* Moses Hicks Grinnell (1803–1877), congressman and Central Park Commissioner * Walter S. Gurnee (1805–1903), mayor of Chicago * Angelica Hamilton (1784–1857), the older of two daughters of Alexander Hamilton * James Alexander Hamilton (1788–1878), third son of Alexander Hamilton * Robert Havell, Jr. (1793–1878), British-American engraver who printed and colored John James Audubon's monumental Birds of America series, also painter in the style of the

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* Mark Hellinger (1903–1947), primarily known as a journalist of New York theatre. The

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in New York City is named for him; produced ''

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'', a 1948 film noir * Harry Helmsley (1909–1997), real estate mogul who built a company that became one of the biggest property holders in the United States, and his wife

(1920–2007), in a mausoleum with a stained-glass panorama of the Manhattan skyline. Leona famously bequeathed $12 million to her dog. * Eliza Hamilton Holly (1799–1859), younger daughter of Alexander Hamilton * Raymond Mathewson Hood (1881–1934), architect * William Howard Hoople (1868–1922), a leader of the nineteenth-century American Holiness movement; the co-founder of the Association of Pentecostal Churches of America, and one of the early leaders of the

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(1783–1859), author of " The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "

Rip Van Winkle "Rip Van Winkle" is a short story by the American author Washington Irving, first published in 1819. It follows a Dutch-American villager in colonial America named Rip Van Winkle who meets mysterious Dutchmen, imbibes their liquor and falls aslee ...

" * William Irving (1766–1821), U.S. Congressman from New York *

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(1811–1891), co-founder of ''

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'' *

Albert Lasker Albert Davis Lasker (May 1, 1880 – May 30, 1952) was an American businessman who played a major role in shaping modern advertising. He was raised in Galveston, Texas, where his father was the president of several banks. Moving to Chicago, he be ...

(1880–1952), pioneer of the American advertising industry, part owner of baseball team the Chicago Cubs, and wife

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(1900–1994), an American health activist and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal * Walter W. Law, Jr. (1871–1958), lawyer and politician, son of

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founder Walter W. Law * Lewis Edward Lawes (1883–1947), Reformist warden of

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prison *

William E. Le Roy William Edgar Le Roy (March 24, 1818 – December 10, 1888) was an officer in the United States Navy who served in the Mexican War, on the African Slave Trade Patrol, and in the American Civil War. He rose to the rank of rear admiral and late in ...

(1818–1888), United States Navy rear admiral * Ann Lohman (1812–1878), Madame Restell, 19th century purveyor of

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and abortions *

Charles D. Millard Charles Dunsmore Millard (December 1, 1873 – December 11, 1944) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. Biography Millard was born in Tarrytown, New York. He attended Phillips Academy, Brown Univer ...

(1873–1944), member of U.S. House of Representatives from New York *

Darius Ogden Mills Darius Ogden Mills (September 25, 1825 – January 3, 1910) was a prominent American banker and philanthropist. For a time, he was California's wealthiest citizen. Early life Mills was born in North Salem, in Westchester County, New York ...

(1825–1910), made a fortune during California's gold rush and expanded his wealth further through New York City real estate * Belle Moskowitz (1877–1933), political advisor and social activist * Robertson Kirtland Mygatt (1861–1919), noted American Landscape painter, part of the Tonalist movement in Impressionism * N. Holmes Odell (1828–1904), U.S. Representative from New York * George Washington Olvany (1876–1952), New York General Sessions Court judge and leader of

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* William Orton (1826–1878), President of

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Whitelaw Reid Whitelaw Reid (October 27, 1837 – December 15, 1912) was an American politician and newspaper editor, as well as the author of ''Ohio in the War'', a popular work of history. After assisting Horace Greeley as editor of the ''New-York Tribu ...

(1837–1912), journalist and editor of the ''

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'', Vice Presidential candidate with Benjamin Harrison in 1892, defeated by Adlai E. Stevenson I; son-in-law of D.O. Mills *

William Rockefeller William Avery Rockefeller Jr. (May 31, 1841 – June 24, 1922) was an American businessman and financier. Rockefeller was a co-founder of Standard Oil along with his elder brother John Davison Rockefeller. He was also part owner of the Anaconda ...

(1841–1922), New York head of the Standard Oil Company * Edgar Evertson Saltus (1855–1921), American novelist *

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(1849–1889), American decadent poet & bohemian * Carl Schurz (1820–1906), senator, secretary of the interior under

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. Carl Schurz Park in New York City bears his name * Charles Sheeler (1883–1965), painter and photographer, and his wife Musya (1908–1981), photographer, are buried together. * William G. Stahlnecker (1849–1902), U.S. Representative from New York * Egerton Swartwout (1870–1943), New York architect *

William Boyce Thompson William Boyce Thompson (May 13, 1869 – June 27, 1930) was an American mining engineer, financier, prominent in the Republican party, philanthropist, and founder of Newmont Mining. Thompson was one of the significant early twentieth centur ...

(1869–1930), founder of

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and financier *

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(1872–1933), architect and theatre set designer *

Henry Villard Henry Villard (April 10, 1835 – November 12, 1900) was an American journalist and financier who was an early president of the Northern Pacific Railway. Born and raised by Ferdinand Heinrich Gustav Hilgard in the Rhenish Palatinate of the Kin ...

(1835–1900), railroad baron whose monument was created by

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. * Oswald Garrison Villard (1872–1949), son of

and grandson of

William Lloyd Garrison William Lloyd Garrison (December , 1805 – May 24, 1879) was a prominent American Christian, abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer. He is best known for his widely read antislavery newspaper '' The Liberator'', which he foun ...

; one of the founders of the

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* William A. Walker (1805–1861), U.S. Representative from New York *

Paul Warburg Paul Moritz Warburg (August 10, 1868 – January 24, 1932) was a German-born American investment banker who served as the 2nd Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve from 1916 to 1918. Prior to his term as vice chairman, Warburg appointed as a member o ...

(1868–1932), German-American banker and early advocate of the U.S. Federal Reserve system. * Worcester Reed Warner (1846–1929), mechanical engineer and manufacturer of telescopes * Thomas J. Watson (1874–1956), transformed a small manufacturer of

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s into IBM *

Hans Zinsser Hans Zinsser (November 17, 1878 – September 4, 1940) was an American physician, bacteriologist, and prolific author. The author of over 200 books and medical articles, he was also a published poet. Some of his verses were published in '' ...

(1878–1940), microbiologist and a prolific author

In popular culture

Several outdoor scenes from the feature film ''

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'' (1970) were filmed at the cemetery's receiving vault. The cemetery also served as a location for the Ramones' music video " Pet Sematary".

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