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Easton Cemetery has been in operation since 1849.
It’s a park, a quiet spot for reflection, a time to visit the deceased, a place to walk your dog, and an active burial ground.
While still an active cemetery, we are on the National Register of Historic Places.
It’s a history book waiting to be opened, filled with Victorian gravestones carved as angels, tree trunks, obelisks and more.
The Easton Cemetery was formed in 1849 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The Easton Area Public Library, the Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society and the cemetery office currently have records of burials here.
Although Easton Cemetery began in1849, many earlier burials from other cemeteries within the city of Easton were removed to Easton Cemetery. These Burying Grounds include: the Episcopal Church on Spring Garden Street, First Presbyterian on Spring Garden Street, German Reformed at Sixth and Church Streets, which is now where the Easton Area Public Library is located, the Jewish Cemetery on Washington Street, Methodist Church at Second Street, and St. John's Lutheran at Fourth and Ferry Streets. Of the above cemeteries, a large number of removals were made from the German Reformed, Jewish & St. John's Lutheran cemeteries.
The cemetery office is very helpful in answering questions but their records do not always list those buried here who died in the late 1700s and early 1800s that were moved here from other cemeteries.
The cemetery is located on 401 N. 7th Street, Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
Easton Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located in Easton, Pennsylvania and the burial site of many notable individuals.[2]
The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]
Easton Cemetery's parklike cemetery landscape design is based on the picturesque romantic styles of the early and late 19th century. Its landscape is set with thousands of examples of funeral artwork, in a variety of decorative styles, spanning Greco-Roman Revival, Gothic Victorian, and Art Deco. Established in 1849, Easton Cemetery is the earliest and best surviving example of a romantic parklike cemetery within the Lehigh Valley metro area. Architecturally noteworthy features include a Gothic Revival Gatehouse and office, stable, cemetery chapel, and a Gothic frame workshop. Its first president was prominent Easton citizen, Traill Green.
Located at 401 N. 7th Street, Easton PA, the Easton Cemetery is a parklike landscape based on the picturesque romantic styles of the early and late 19th century. Its landscape is set with thousands of examples of funeral artwork, in a variety of decorative styles, spanning Greco-Roman Revival, Gothic Victorian, and Art Deco.
Walking (or driving) through this historic site is like going back in time – rolling hills and shaded streets encourage a slower pace, providing a chance to view some fine examples of funerary art. The grave of George Taylor, signer of the Declaration of Independence, is marked by an obelisk topped with an eagle. A free, self-guided walking tour booklet is available on the porch of the Superintendent’s house.
Established in 1849, this historic cemetery has over 5 miles of winding trails. Architecturally noteworthy features include a Gothic Revival Gatehouse and office, stable, cemetery chapel, and a Gothic frame workshop. In 1990 the cemetery was listed on the National Registry of Historic Places. The cemetery site contains a historic gateway, gate house and office, cemetery chapel, memorial area, and Grand Army of the Republic Cannon and military plot.
Easton Cemetery is the finest nineteenth-century cemetery in the Lehigh Valley. It dates from 1849, when Dr. Traill Green, professor of chemistry at Lafayette College, proposed a picturesque out-of-town cemetery to be located on the rise at the northwest edge of the town, above Bushkill Creek. Thirty-four acres were acquired and laid out, to which another fourteen were added in 1870. Several structures are of particular note, including the Gothic gateway (1882) at N. 7th Street and the Gothic Revival chapel (1875) just within the entrance, designed by I. H. Loenholdt. There is also a picturesque gatehouse added by local architect William Michler in 1900. Another major structure is the Easton Memorial Mausoleum (1917), a Doric essay in classical symmetry.