Sleepy Hollow Cemetery (Concord, Massachusetts)

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Thoreau family plot in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Details
Established1855
Location
34A Bedford St., Concord, Massachusetts
CountryUnited States
TypePublic
Size31.6 acres (12.8 ha)
Websitehttps://www.concordma.gov/1956/Sleepy-Hollow-Cemetery
Find a GraveSleepy Hollow Cemetery
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Cemetery site in U.S. state of Massachusetts
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery (Concord, Massachusetts) (the United States)
Coordinates42°27′50″N 71°20′38″W / 42.46389°N 71.34389°W / 42.46389; -71.34389
Built1823
ArchitectCleveland, Horace W.S.; et al.
NRHP reference No.98000991
Added to NRHPAugust 19, 1998

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is a rural cemetery located on Bedford Street near the center of Concord, Massachusetts. The cemetery is the burial site of a number of famous Concordians, including some of the United States' greatest authors and thinkers, especially on a hill known as "Author's Ridge."