{"nrhp_refnum":"09000380","name":"Sleepy Hollow Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"540 N. Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sleepy Hollow","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":41.10330167300003,"lon":-73.86050248399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-06-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Landscape Architecture","Other"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is an approximately 85-acre rural cemetery at 540 North Broadway in the village of Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, established in 1849 about 14 miles north of New York City.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an important mid-19th century example of a rural cemetery in New York State, with a dramatic hilly landscape and views of the Hudson River. It contains notable mausoleums, monuments and sculpture by well-known American architects and sculptors. It also holds the graves of many notable Americans.","narrative":"Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is a rural-style burial ground of about 85 acres in the village of Sleepy Hollow, New York, with winding drives, wooded hills, part of the Pocantico River and long views toward the Hudson. It was founded in 1849 as the Tarrytown Cemetery, an idea of Washington Irving and Captain Jacob Storm, and took its present name in 1865. Additional land was added in 1886 and 1890. The grounds hold roughly 45,000 burials and about 100 family mausoleums, along with monuments, a Collegiate Gothic chapel and gate from 1922-23, and works by architects and sculptors such as Richard Morris Hunt, Karl Bitter, Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Grosvenor Atterbury. The cemetery was recognized for its landscape design, architecture and funerary art, reflecting the rural cemetery movement. Its period of significance runs from 1849 to 1953, when the Lasker Mausoleum, the last major mausoleum, was built. The cemetery remains active today.","period_of_significance":"1849-1953","architect_builder":"unknown (cemetery plan)","architectural_style":"NO STYLE","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a cemetery, with approximately 45,000 burials to date.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:54.178131-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/09000380.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000380/8abf92ebac-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000380/8abf92ebac-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Midnightdreary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SleepyHollowNY-entrance.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Midnightdreary</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SleepyHollowNY-entrance.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100004554","name":"Rockefeller Pocantico Hills Estate Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/rockefeller-pocantico-hills-estate-historic-district-100004554/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75323211","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleepy_Hollow_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q360779"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/sleepy-hollow-cemetery-09000380/"}