29:
601:
610:
583:
574:
558:
567:
592:
1234:
228:
193:
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
162:. It was founded in 1840 and currently sits on 26 acres bounded by Jermain Ave to the north, Suffolk St to the east, and Joels Ln to the west. It is the permanent resting place of over 4,000 people, including more 18th and 19th century sea captains than in any other
1112:"Journal of the American Institute: A Monthly Publication, Devoted to the Interests of Agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures, and the Arts : Accompanied with Public Documents, Sketches of Natural History, And, Occasionally, Philosophical and Literary Essays"
215:
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.
197:
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.
201:
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.
185:
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
194:
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.
1280:
174:
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
1295:
769:
82:
205:
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.
1093:
1260:
1238:
672:
1285:
1275:
1158:
753:
290:
175:
1042:
922:
827:
239:, commemorates those "Who periled their lives in a daring profession and perished in actual encounter with the monsters of the deep."
1168:
208:
In 1882, unoccupied for almost two years, the old wooden structures caught fire and burned to the ground. The site was purchased by
1126:
982:
333:
1290:
179:
75:
661:
182:
of 1775 are buried there. Unfortunately, years of neglect left the Old Burial Ground in a state of disrepair.
28:
236:
142:
600:
1184:
1058:
998:
938:
878:
843:
783:
691:
518:
503:
1218:
1140:
1192:
1111:
1066:
1006:
946:
886:
851:
791:
699:
398:
390:
273:
159:
609:
359:
Stephen b. French, President of the Board of
Commissioners, New York City Police Dept. (1880-1889)
434:
302:
296:
1250:
582:
147:
1164:
1038:
978:
918:
823:
749:
573:
557:
407:
269:
263:
446:
362:
314:
1205:
1079:
1019:
959:
899:
864:
804:
712:
566:
458:
308:
248:
591:
546:
464:
368:
347:
284:
57:
1269:
497:
491:
479:
440:
416:
380:
353:
254:
187:
68:
649:
219:
In
October 1903 the Ladies Village Improvement Society unveiled a new memorial gate
726:
527:
509:
485:
323:
209:
178:. At total of 17 veterans of the American Revolution and one representative to the
130:
1245:
540:
533:
494:, American civil rights attorney, judge and New York State Supreme Court Justice
452:
394:
374:
341:
231:
The Broken Mast Monument which commemorates all the whalers who were lost at sea
163:
428:
389:
Captain David Hand, Revolutionary War hero whose exploits supposedly inspired
327:
97:
84:
473:
135:
1233:
1001:(1886/09/11). September 11, 1886: 3 – via nyshistoricnewspapers.org.
999:"The corrector. (Sag-Harbor, N.Y.) 1822-1911, September 11, 1886, Image 3"
694:(1884/09/20). September 20, 1884: 3 – via nyshistoricnewspapers.org.
692:"The corrector. (Sag-Harbor, N.Y.) 1822-1911, September 20, 1884, Image 3"
941:(1882/12/30). December 30, 1882: 3 – via nyshistoricnewspapers.org.
939:"The corrector. (Sag-Harbor, N.Y.) 1822-1911, December 30, 1882, Image 3"
881:(1878/12/21). December 21, 1878: 2 – via nyshistoricnewspapers.org.
879:"The corrector. (Sag-Harbor, N.Y.) 1822-1911, December 21, 1878, Image 2"
784:"The corrector. (Sag-Harbor, N.Y.) 1822-1911, November 07, 1903, Image 3"
1061:(1903/10/10). October 10, 1903: 3 – via nyshistoricnewspapers.org.
1059:"The corrector. (Sag-Harbor, N.Y.) 1822-1911, October 10, 1903, Image 3"
786:(1903/11/07). November 7, 1903: 3 – via nyshistoricnewspapers.org.
656:
1127:"Painting the Hamptons: Ephraim Niles Byram - Astronomer of Sag Harbor"
318:
227:
1219:
http://visit.easthamptonstar.com/Archive/2/Life-William-Wallace-Tooker
1187:(1888/04/21). April 21, 1888: 3 – via nyshistoricnewspapers.org.
1185:"The corrector. (Sag-Harbor, N.Y.) 1822-1911, April 21, 1888, Image 3"
846:(1875/05/29). May 29, 1875: 3 – via nyshistoricnewspapers.org.
844:"The corrector. (Sag-Harbor, N.Y.) 1822-1911, May 29, 1875, Image 3"
1160:
AIA Architectural Guide to Nassau and Suffolk Counties, Long Island
1255:
401:
novels. Hand was Coopers's first mate aboard the Whale Ship Salem.
226:
530:, Contralto, Vaudeville performer of the early Harlem Renaissance
281:
Ephraim N. Byrum, astronomer, clock maker, scientist, bookbinder
662:
Detailed walking tour compiled by the Sag Harbor Partnership
608:
599:
590:
581:
572:
556:
158:
is a public, not-for-profit cemetery located in the village
820:
The Old Burying Ground at Sag Harbor, Long Island, New York
235:
The Broken Mast Monument in Oakland Cemetery, sculpted by
467:, American film director, editor, writer, and child actor
770:"Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce: Old Burying Ground"
141:
129:
121:
113:
74:
64:
52:
44:
39:
21:
1157:Architects, American Institute of (January 1992).
657:The William Wallace Tooker Photographic Collection
524:Horatio Nelson Taft, diarist and patent examiner
212:and Stephen French and donated to the cemetery.
1281:Tourist attractions in Suffolk County, New York
1246:Grave Stone Inscriptions from Oakland Cemetery
727:"The Sag Harbor Old Burying Ground Committee"
272:, ballet choreographer and co-founder of the
8:
1125:Hamptons, Painting The (September 4, 2015).
731:The Sag Harbor Old Burying Ground Committee
260:"Cappy" Hjalmar Amundsen, artist, historian
190:and Captain David Hand and his five wives.
748:(5 ed.). Sag Harbor: Brickiln Press.
18:
425:Michael Kalil, abstract interior designer
552:
683:
673:List of cemeteries in the United States
470:Olive Pharaoh, Queen of the Montauketts
166:cemetery. It was incorporated in 1884.
1296:Cemeteries in Suffolk County, New York
1201:
1190:
1075:
1064:
1015:
1004:
977:(3 ed.). New York: Random House.
955:
944:
895:
884:
860:
849:
822:. Westminster MD: Heritage Books Inc.
800:
789:
708:
697:
1251:Oakland Cemetery Military Grave Sites
7:
413:Benjamin Huntting, merchant whaler
14:
1239:Oakland Cemetery (Sag Harbor, NY)
975:East Hampton: A History and Guide
338:Abol-Bashar Mirza Farman Farmaian
299:, U.S. manufacturer and financier
1232:
1098:Art & Architecture Quarterly
1033:Zaykowski, Dorothy (June 1997).
651:The Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft
565:
344:, magazine editor and journalist
311:, American advertising executive
98:40.9923919°N 72.29374129999997°W
27:
818:Zaykowski, Dorothy (May 2003).
482:US Representative from New York
383:, author and performance artist
293:, heiress and power boat driver
1035:Sag Harbor: An American Beauty
915:Sag Harbor: An American Beauty
334:Manucher Mirza Farman Farmaian
291:Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs
103:40.9923919; -72.29374129999997
16:Cemetery in Suffolk County, NY
1:
1286:East Hampton (town), New York
1256:Sag Harbor Historical Society
410:, US diplomat, editor, author
404:Hans Hokanson, Swedish artist
1276:Southampton (town), New York
1037:. Amereon Ltd. p. 116.
515:Lorimer Stoddard, playwright
180:New York Provincial Congress
913:Zaykowski, Dorothy (1997).
744:Mulvihill, William (2007).
422:Sandra Isham Vreeland, poet
330:and silverware manufacturer
1312:
973:Rogers, Elizabeth (1985).
356:, painter and video artist
1094:"Sag Harbor Walking Tour"
512:, American film historian
386:Christopher Haile, artist
317:, US Representative from
176:First Presbyterian Church
35:
26:
539:William Wallace Tooker,
461:, editor and journalist
443:, documentary filmmaker
278:Hobart Betts, architect
237:Robert Eberhard Launitz
143:The Political Graveyard
1200:Cite journal requires
1074:Cite journal requires
1014:Cite journal requires
954:Cite journal requires
894:Cite journal requires
859:Cite journal requires
799:Cite journal requires
746:South Fork Place Names
707:Cite journal requires
613:
604:
595:
586:
577:
561:
519:Richard Henry Stoddard
232:
1241:at Wikimedia Commons
1100:. September 30, 2013.
612:
603:
594:
585:
576:
560:
449:, author and humorist
399:Leatherstocking Tales
391:James Fenimore Cooper
230:
125:37 acres (15 ha)
1291:Sag Harbor, New York
274:New York City Ballet
160:Sag Harbor, New York
628:Alexandra Danilova
94: /
614:
605:
596:
587:
578:
562:
506:, US federal judge
435:Gordon Matta-Clark
303:Alexandra Danilova
297:Henry Francis Cook
233:
1261:Marquis Who's Who
1237:Media related to
755:978-0-9795018-0-7
641:
640:
625:Prentice Mulford
619:Lorimer Stoddard
408:Richard Holbrooke
270:George Balanchine
264:Stephen Antonakos
223:Notable monuments
153:
152:
1303:
1236:
1221:
1216:
1210:
1209:
1203:
1198:
1196:
1188:
1181:
1175:
1174:
1154:
1148:
1147:
1145:
1137:
1131:
1130:
1122:
1116:
1115:
1108:
1102:
1101:
1090:
1084:
1083:
1077:
1072:
1070:
1062:
1055:
1049:
1048:
1030:
1024:
1023:
1017:
1012:
1010:
1002:
995:
989:
988:
970:
964:
963:
957:
952:
950:
942:
935:
929:
928:
910:
904:
903:
897:
892:
890:
882:
875:
869:
868:
862:
857:
855:
847:
840:
834:
833:
815:
809:
808:
802:
797:
795:
787:
780:
774:
773:
766:
760:
759:
741:
735:
734:
723:
717:
716:
710:
705:
703:
695:
688:
637:Samuel Huntting
569:
553:
504:Charles P Sifton
447:Prentice Mulford
363:James Ingo Freed
315:Caldwell Edwards
156:Oakland Cemetery
148:Oakland Cemetery
136:Oakland Cemetery
109:
108:
106:
105:
104:
99:
95:
92:
91:
90:
87:
31:
22:Oakland Cemetery
19:
1311:
1310:
1306:
1305:
1304:
1302:
1301:
1300:
1266:
1265:
1230:
1225:
1224:
1217:
1213:
1199:
1189:
1183:
1182:
1178:
1171:
1156:
1155:
1151:
1143:
1139:
1138:
1134:
1124:
1123:
1119:
1110:
1109:
1105:
1092:
1091:
1087:
1073:
1063:
1057:
1056:
1052:
1045:
1032:
1031:
1027:
1013:
1003:
997:
996:
992:
985:
972:
971:
967:
953:
943:
937:
936:
932:
925:
917:. Amereon LTD.
912:
911:
907:
893:
883:
877:
876:
872:
858:
848:
842:
841:
837:
830:
817:
816:
812:
798:
788:
782:
781:
777:
768:
767:
763:
756:
743:
742:
738:
725:
724:
720:
706:
696:
690:
689:
685:
680:
670:
646:
644:Further reading
500:, mathematician
459:John F. Osborne
419:, US Ambassador
309:Phil Dusenberry
249:Shana Alexander
245:
243:Notable burials
225:
172:
102:
100:
96:
93:
88:
85:
83:
81:
80:
60:
17:
12:
11:
5:
1309:
1307:
1299:
1298:
1293:
1288:
1283:
1278:
1268:
1267:
1264:
1263:
1258:
1253:
1248:
1229:
1228:External links
1226:
1223:
1222:
1211:
1202:|journal=
1176:
1169:
1149:
1132:
1117:
1103:
1085:
1076:|journal=
1050:
1044:978-0848808990
1043:
1025:
1016:|journal=
990:
983:
965:
956:|journal=
930:
924:978-0848808990
923:
905:
896:|journal=
870:
861:|journal=
835:
829:978-0788423475
828:
810:
801:|journal=
775:
761:
754:
736:
718:
709:|journal=
682:
681:
679:
676:
669:
666:
665:
664:
659:
654:
645:
642:
639:
638:
635:
632:
629:
626:
623:
622:Spalding Gray
620:
616:
615:
606:
597:
588:
579:
570:
563:
551:
550:
547:Lanford Wilson
544:
543:, photographer
537:
531:
525:
522:
521:, critic, poet
516:
513:
507:
501:
495:
489:
483:
477:
476:, chef, author
471:
468:
465:Robert Parrish
462:
456:
455:, photographer
450:
444:
438:
432:
426:
423:
420:
414:
411:
405:
402:
387:
384:
378:
372:
369:William Gaddis
366:
360:
357:
351:
348:Robert Fizdale
345:
339:
336:
331:
321:
312:
306:
300:
294:
288:
285:Henry Billings
282:
279:
276:
267:
261:
258:
252:
244:
241:
224:
221:
171:
168:
151:
150:
145:
139:
138:
133:
127:
126:
123:
119:
118:
115:
111:
110:
78:
72:
71:
66:
62:
61:
58:Sag Harbor, NY
56:
54:
50:
49:
46:
42:
41:
37:
36:
33:
32:
24:
23:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1308:
1297:
1294:
1292:
1289:
1287:
1284:
1282:
1279:
1277:
1274:
1273:
1271:
1262:
1259:
1257:
1254:
1252:
1249:
1247:
1244:
1243:
1242:
1240:
1235:
1227:
1220:
1215:
1212:
1207:
1194:
1186:
1180:
1177:
1172:
1170:9780486269467
1166:
1162:
1161:
1153:
1150:
1142:
1136:
1133:
1128:
1121:
1118:
1113:
1107:
1104:
1099:
1095:
1089:
1086:
1081:
1068:
1060:
1054:
1051:
1046:
1040:
1036:
1029:
1026:
1021:
1008:
1000:
994:
991:
986:
980:
976:
969:
966:
961:
948:
940:
934:
931:
926:
920:
916:
909:
906:
901:
888:
880:
874:
871:
866:
853:
845:
839:
836:
831:
825:
821:
814:
811:
806:
793:
785:
779:
776:
771:
765:
762:
757:
751:
747:
740:
737:
732:
728:
722:
719:
714:
701:
693:
687:
684:
677:
675:
674:
667:
663:
660:
658:
655:
653:
652:
648:
647:
643:
636:
634:Capt. Howell
633:
631:Capt. Havens
630:
627:
624:
621:
618:
617:
611:
607:
602:
598:
593:
589:
584:
580:
575:
571:
568:
564:
559:
555:
554:
548:
545:
542:
538:
535:
532:
529:
526:
523:
520:
517:
514:
511:
508:
505:
502:
499:
498:Herbert Scarf
496:
493:
492:Jawn Sandifer
490:
487:
484:
481:
480:Ebenezer Sage
478:
475:
472:
469:
466:
463:
460:
457:
454:
451:
448:
445:
442:
441:David Maysles
439:
436:
433:
430:
427:
424:
421:
418:
417:Heyward Isham
415:
412:
409:
406:
403:
400:
396:
393:'s character
392:
388:
385:
382:
381:Spalding Gray
379:
376:
373:
370:
367:
364:
361:
358:
355:
354:Hermine Freed
352:
349:
346:
343:
340:
337:
335:
332:
329:
325:
322:
320:
316:
313:
310:
307:
304:
301:
298:
295:
292:
289:
286:
283:
280:
277:
275:
271:
268:
265:
262:
259:
256:
255:Nelson Algren
253:
250:
247:
246:
242:
240:
238:
229:
222:
220:
217:
213:
211:
206:
203:
199:
195:
191:
189:
188:Ebenezer Sage
183:
181:
177:
169:
167:
165:
161:
157:
149:
146:
144:
140:
137:
134:
132:
128:
124:
120:
116:
112:
107:
79:
77:
73:
70:
69:United States
67:
63:
59:
55:
51:
47:
43:
38:
34:
30:
25:
20:
1231:
1214:
1193:cite journal
1179:
1159:
1152:
1135:
1120:
1106:
1097:
1088:
1067:cite journal
1053:
1034:
1028:
1007:cite journal
993:
974:
968:
947:cite journal
933:
914:
908:
887:cite journal
873:
852:cite journal
838:
819:
813:
792:cite journal
778:
764:
745:
739:
730:
721:
700:cite journal
686:
671:
650:
549:, playwright
541:ethnographer
528:Daisy Tapley
510:Robert Sklar
486:James Salter
431:, journalist
324:Joseph Fahys
251:, journalist
234:
218:
214:
210:Joseph Fahys
207:
204:
200:
196:
192:
184:
173:
155:
154:
131:Find a Grave
534:Val Telberg
453:Hans Namuth
395:Natty Bumpo
375:Arthur Gold
365:, architect
342:Clay Felker
305:, ballerina
164:Long Island
101: /
76:Coordinates
45:Established
1270:Categories
984:0394727363
678:References
429:Max Lerner
328:watch case
266:, sculptor
89:72°17′37″W
86:40°59′33″N
474:Anna Pump
397:from the
377:, pianist
350:, pianist
1141:"Log in"
668:See also
536:, artist
488:, author
437:, artist
371:, author
287:, artist
257:, author
53:Location
1114:. 1837.
319:Montana
170:History
65:Country
40:Details
1167:
1041:
981:
921:
826:
752:
117:Public
1144:(PDF)
1206:help
1165:ISBN
1080:help
1039:ISBN
1020:help
979:ISBN
960:help
919:ISBN
900:help
865:help
824:ISBN
805:help
750:ISBN
713:help
122:Size
114:Type
48:1840
1272::
1197::
1195:}}
1191:{{
1163:.
1096:.
1071::
1069:}}
1065:{{
1011::
1009:}}
1005:{{
951::
949:}}
945:{{
891::
889:}}
885:{{
856::
854:}}
850:{{
796::
794:}}
790:{{
729:.
704::
702:}}
698:{{
326:,
1208:)
1204:(
1173:.
1146:.
1129:.
1082:)
1078:(
1047:.
1022:)
1018:(
987:.
962:)
958:(
927:.
902:)
898:(
867:)
863:(
832:.
807:)
803:(
772:.
758:.
733:.
715:)
711:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.