{"id":14,"date":"2020-12-17T21:14:17","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T21:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cedarhillfoundation.org\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2021-03-09T10:25:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T15:25:43","slug":"art","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cedarhillfoundation.org\/about\/art\/","title":{"rendered":"Art"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h1>\n\t\t\t\tArt at Cedar Hill\n\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t<p>Cedar Hill Cemetery&#8217;s monuments are creative expressions of 19th-century funerary art. They reflect the wealth and status of Victorian Hartford. And those who chose to be buried in its new fashionable cemetery.<\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\tVictorian Hartford\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>Many of Cedar Hill Cemetery&#8217;s memorials illustrate Hartford&#8217;s social and economic prominence in the 19th century.<\/p>\n<p>For several decades following the Civil War, Hartford was the richest small city in the U.S. The capital city was the epicenter of the insurance industry. It also housed innovative factories. Factories that produced Colt firearms, typewriters, sewing machines, and even the first automobiles.<\/p>\n<p>A regional leader during the Industrial Revolution, Hartford was home to the first public art museum (Wadsworth Atheneum), oldest publicly-funded park (Bushnell Park), and second-oldest secondary school (Hartford Public High School).<\/p>\n<p>Cedar Hill Cemetery and its monuments tell the story of the city&#8217;s Victorian heyday and more.<\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\tCedar Hill Monuments\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>Cedar Hill Cemetery features historic memorials made of brownstone, marble, granite, bronze, and zinc. The monuments include exceptional examples of sarcophagus, obelisk, Celtic cross, allegorical figures, and more. There are also 12 private mausoleums dating before 1945.<\/p>\n<p>Noted artists and architects designed many of Cedar Hill&#8217;s monuments. Artists including Carl Conrads, Richard Upjohn, George Keller, Truman Howe Bartlett, John Moffitt, Randolph Rogers, and Louis Potter.<\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\tCedar Hill Monument Highlights\n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>circa 1873<\/p><h3>A Brownstone Statue<\/h3>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cedarhillfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/russell-daniel-monument.jpg\" alt=\"Daniel Russel Monument\" title=\"russell-daniel-monument\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Of quarry owner Daniel Russell. The only life-size likeness of an actual person at Cedar Hill.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>circa 1867<\/p><h3>Angel of Resurrection<\/h3>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cedarhillfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bronze-angel-of-resurrection-monument.jpg\" alt=\"bronze-angel-of-resurrection-monument\" title=\"bronze-angel-of-resurrection-monument\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<p>By Randolph Rogers atop the Colt Monument.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>1866 to 1903<\/p><h3>Carl Conrads<\/h3>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cedarhillfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/carl-conrads-bronze-monument.jpg\" alt=\"carl-conrads-bronze-monument\" title=\"carl-conrads-bronze-monument\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Many examples by Carl Conrads, house sculptor for New England Granite Works.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>circa 1887<\/p><h3>Mark Howard Monument<\/h3>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cedarhillfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mark-howard-monument.jpg\" alt=\"mark-howard-monument\" title=\"mark-howard-monument\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<p>An 18-foot granite pyramid with marble angel.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cedarhillfoundation.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/bb-plugin\/img\/pixel.png\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t<p>circa 1875<\/p><h3>Stedman Monument<\/h3>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cedarhillfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/general-griffin-stedman-monument.jpg\" alt=\"General Griffin Stedman Memorial, Section 1 (photo by Jeffrey Dutton)\" title=\"general-griffin-stedman-monument\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<p>An elaborately carved granite sarcophagus of military design by John Moffitt.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>1888-89<\/p><h3>J. P. Morgan Monument<\/h3>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cedarhillfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/jp-morgan-monument.jpg\" alt=\"jp-morgan-monument\" title=\"jp-morgan-monument\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Reflecting his vision of the Ark of the Covenant by architect George Keller.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cedarhillfoundation.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/bb-plugin\/img\/pixel.png\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t<p>circa 1909<\/p><h3>Horace Wells Monument<\/h3>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cedarhillfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/horace-wells-monument.jpg\" alt=\"Horace Wells Monument\" title=\"horace-wells-monument\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Featuring bronze bas relief by\u00a0artist Louis Potter.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>1880s<\/p><h3>Two Zinc Monuments<\/h3>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cedarhillfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/two-zinc-monuments.jpg\" alt=\"two-zinc-monuments\" title=\"two-zinc-monuments\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<p>By Monumental Bronze Company of Bridgeport, CT.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cedarhillfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/icon-monument-300x300.png\" alt=\"icon-monument\" title=\"icon-monument\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\tNotable Monuments\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\tLearn about some of Cedar Hill Cemetery&#8217;s most prominent monuments.<br \/>\nVisit our Notable Monuments page to learn more.\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cedarhillfoundation.org\/about\/notable-monuments\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVISIT THE NOTABLE MONUMENTS PAGE\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cedarhillfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/icon-monument-300x300.png\" alt=\"icon-monument\" title=\"icon-monument\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\tNotable Monuments\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\tLearn about some of Cedar Hill Cemetery&#8217;s most prominent monuments.<br \/>\nVisit our Notable Monuments page to learn more.\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cedarhillfoundation.org\/about\/notable-monuments\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVISIT THE NOTABLE MONUMENTS PAGE\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cedarhillfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/icon-monument-fund.png\" alt=\"icon-monument-fund\" title=\"icon-monument-fund\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\tMonument Fund\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\tThe Foundation raises funds to preserve Cedar Hill Cemetery&#8217;s historic memorials.<br \/>\nTo learn more about our preservation activities visit our Monument Fund page.\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cedarhillfoundation.org\/index.php\/monument-fund\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVISIT THE MONUMENT FUND PAGE\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed\/v1\/place?q=Cedar+Hill+Cemetery%0A453+Fairfield+Avenue%2C+Hartford+CT&#038;key=AIzaSyD09zQ9PNDNNy9TadMuzRV_UsPUoWKntt8\" aria-hidden=\"true\" title=\"Cedar Hill Cemetery\"><\/iframe>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Art at Cedar Hill Cedar Hill Cemetery&#8217;s monuments are creative expressions of 19th-century funerary art. 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