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Oakland Cemetery (Sag Harbor, New York)

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During the mid-1800s, in the center of the property which is now Oakland Cemetery, sat of a group of buildings known as Oakland Works. John Sherry had them built in 1850 to house his brass foundry. He soon took on a partner, Ephraim N. Byram, a clock maker and astronomer who was later buried in the
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In September 1884 the Oakland Cemetery Association purchased the remaining Oakland Works property for $ 400, adding a third section and extending the cemetery east to its present boundary at Suffolk St for a total of ten acres.
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In 1863 the building was leased to Abraham DeBevoise and B. & F. Lyon for use as a stocking factory. In 1865 a second building and another bleach house were added to the property. This business closed after three years.
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Over the next ten years two other industries occupied the Oakland Works. First, a barrel-head and stave factory owned by George Bush; then, a Morocco leather business owned by Morgan Topping. Both proved unsuccessful.
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In 1840 Oakland Cemetery was founded, covering just 4 acres, enclosed with stone posts and chestnut pickets. One-hundred-thirty-nine graves from the Old Burial Ground were moved to Oakland Cemetery, including
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cemetery. They enlarged the building to make room for Byram’s clock manufactory and named the place the Oakland Brass Foundry and Clock Works. The business was in operation for 12 years.
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Prior to the opening of Oakland Cemetery in 1840, Sag Harbor's most notable cemetery was the Old Burial Ground, opened in 1767 on the corner of Union and Madison Streets next to the
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A final attempt to operate a business on the site was made in 1880 when Edward Chapman Rogers opened the Oakland Hat Manufactory. This venture also failed.
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In 1882, unoccupied for almost two years, the old wooden structures caught fire and burned to the ground. The site was purchased by
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of 1775 are buried there. Unfortunately, years of neglect left the Old Burial Ground in a state of disrepair.
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Stephen b. French, President of the Board of Commissioners, New York City Police Dept. (1880-1889)
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In October 1903 the Ladies Village Improvement Society unveiled a new memorial gate
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The Broken Mast Monument which commemorates all the whalers who were lost at sea
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Captain David Hand, Revolutionary War hero whose exploits supposedly inspired
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AIA Architectural Guide to Nassau and Suffolk Counties, Long Island
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novels. Hand was Coopers's first mate aboard the Whale Ship Salem.
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Detailed walking tour compiled by the Sag Harbor Partnership
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is a public, not-for-profit cemetery located in the village
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The Old Burying Ground at Sag Harbor, Long Island, New York
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The Broken Mast Monument in Oakland Cemetery, sculpted by
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Sag Harbor, NY
United States
Coordinates
40°59′33″N 72°17′37″W / 40.9923919°N 72.29374129999997°W / 40.9923919; -72.29374129999997
Find a Grave
Oakland Cemetery
The Political Graveyard
Oakland Cemetery
Sag Harbor, New York
Long Island
First Presbyterian Church
New York Provincial Congress
Ebenezer Sage
Joseph Fahys

Robert Eberhard Launitz
Shana Alexander
Nelson Algren
Stephen Antonakos
George Balanchine
New York City Ballet
Henry Billings
Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs
Henry Francis Cook
Alexandra Danilova
Phil Dusenberry
Caldwell Edwards
Montana
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