The Albany Rural Cemetery was established October 7, 1844, in Menands, New York , United States , just outside the city of Albany, New York . It is renowned as one of the most beautiful, pastoral cemeteries in the U.S., at over 400 acres (1.6 km). Many historical American figures are buried there.
7-521: On April 2, 1841, an association was formed to bring the cemetery into being. A committee of the association selected the site on April 20, 1844. The cemetery originally contained 100 acres (0.40 km). This portion was consecrated October 7, 1844. Daniel D. Barnard delivered the dedication address, which was one of many given at rural cemeteries across the northeast in the years from Justice Joseph Story's address at Mount Auburn Cemetery in 1831 to Lincoln's Gettysburg Address in 1863. The first interment
14-696: A leading intellectual in the Whig party, Barnard gave a number of speeches, including to the literary societies of Amherst College in 1839 and to Yale Phi Beta Kappa Society in 1846. Not a candidate for reelection in 1844, Barnard resumed his practice. He was appointed Envoy to Prussia and served from September 3, 1850, to September 21, 1853. He retired from active business pursuits in 1853 and engaged in literary pursuits, residing in Albany, New York. Barnard died in Albany, New York , on April 24, 1861 (age 63 years, 282 days). He
21-685: The Twenty-first Congress. He traveled in Europe in 1831, and moved to Albany, New York , in 1832 and continued the practice of law. He served as a member of the State assembly in 1838. Barnard was elected as a Whig to the 26th , 27th and 28th United States Congresses , holding office from March 4, 1839, to March 3, 1845. He served as chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary (Twenty-seventh Congress). As
28-521: The highly acclaimed Green-Wood Cemetery , in what at the time was a rural section of Brooklyn . All three of Douglass' garden cemeteries have been conferred a historic status, by their respective jurisdictions. In 1868, bodies from other cemeteries were removed and reinterred in Albany Rural Cemetery. The cemetery has a number of notable burials, particularly of 19th century New York State politicians and industrialists, and figures relating to
35-528: The history of the Adirondack Park . Daniel D. Barnard Daniel Dewey Barnard (July 16, 1797 – April 24, 1861) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from New York . Born in Sheffield, Massachusetts , Barnard was the son of Timothy and Phebe (Dewey) Barnard. He attended the common schools and graduated from Williams College , Williamstown, Massachusetts , in 1818. He studied law and
42-562: Was admitted to the bar in 1821. He married Sara Livingstone in 1825; and married Catherine Walsh in 1832. Barnard began practice in Rochester, New York , and served as prosecuting attorney of Monroe County in 1826. Elected as an Adams to the Twentieth Congress, Barnard served as U.S. Representative for the twenty-seventh district of New York from March 4, 1827, to March 3, 1829. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1828 to
49-571: Was made in May, 1845. Located near the entrance is the Louis Menand House . David Bates Douglass , a military and civilian engineer, working in the capacity as a consulting architect, designed the landscape layout of Albany Rural Cemetery, between 1845 and 1846. He modeled his design of the Albany Rural Cemetery, as well as his subsequent and final one, Mount Hermon Cemetery , in a rural area outside of Quebec City , Canada East , upon his first design,
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