Grove Street Cemetery

CT - New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT, United States

GRAVE

VISITOR INFORMATION

Open daily 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., last entry 3.30 p.m.; office weekdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free one-hour guided walking tours run from early April to November from the main gate, no registration needed, and are cancelled automatically in bad weather.

https://www.grovestreetcemetery.org/explore/visiting/tours

Grove Street is a National Historic Landmark and still an active burial ground, so keep clear of any service in progress. Enter through the Egyptian Revival brownstone gate on Grove Street.

SITE FEATURES

Guided Tours

Peak visitation season unconfirmed. No reliable site-specific monthly attendance pattern was established.

May-June or September-October for Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven. Choose a confirmed open day and arrive before the published 3:30 p.m. last entry. Check guided-tour dates separately.

HISTORIC SITES NEARBY

Nearby Historic Sites

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Landmark

WHO WAS HERE

0 About Grove Street Cemetery

Burial place of Roger Sherman.

Grove Street Cemetery remains an active, protected historic burial ground enclosed by its monumental Egyptian Revival gateway. Roger Sherman’s marked grave remains among nationally significant monuments, with maintained paths, landscaping, archival records, public access, and continuing conservation of aging stones.

History happened here at Grove Street Cemetery

Grove Street Cemetery contains the documented grave of Roger Sherman. Roger Sherman was a Connecticut statesman and the only person to sign the Continental Association, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and Constitution. Current resting place; originally buried on New Haven Green.