Middletown in Orange County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

The Calvert Vaux Entranceway to Hillside Cemetery

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 4, 2018

1. The Calvert Vaux Entranceway to Hillside Cemetery Marker

Inscription.

Honoring the celebrated landscape
architect, associate of Frederick Law
Olmstead, who designed the cemetery
in 1861.
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Hillside Cemetery has been designated
a significant historic site by the
United States Department of [the] Interior
and has been entered on the National
Register of Historic Places.
December 1994

Erected 1988 by Hillside Cemetery Restoration Committee.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Man-Made Features. A significant historical year for this entry is 1861.

Location. 41° 26.543′ N, 74° 25.557′ W. Marker is in Middletown, New York, in Orange County. It is on Hillside Cemetery Vaux Entranceway north of Mulberry Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 50 Mulberry Street, Middletown NY 10940, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York

and in the Hudson Valley.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Notable Graves (within shouting distance of this marker); Vaux Landscape (approx. 0.2 miles away); First School Site (approx. 0.3 miles away); Hotel Site

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(approx. 0.3 miles away); Moses Dunning Stivers (1828-1895) (approx. 0.4 miles away); First Congregational Church (approx. 0.4 miles away); Edwin Welling VanDuzer Memorial Home (approx. 0.4 miles away); Grace Episcopal Church (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Middletown.

Also see . . .
1. Calvert Vaux, Architect of Central Park. Central Park website entry (Submitted on June 6, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

2. Calvert Vaux’s Forgotten Cemetery. Middletown Hillside Cemetery website entry (Submitted on June 6, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Hillside Cemetery NRHP Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 4, 2018

2. Hillside Cemetery NRHP Marker

Marker is about 500 feet further along the cemetery drive from the Mulberry Street entrance

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 4, 2018

3. The Calvert Vaux Entranceway to Hillside Cemetery Marker

Looking north, with deer grazing in the distance, beyond the Notable Graves marker

Hillside Cemetery View image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.

4. Hillside Cemetery View

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.

5. Hillside Cemetery View

Hillside Cemetery Office-Caretaker's House image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 4, 2018

6. Hillside Cemetery Office-Caretaker's House

At the Vaux Entranceway at the SE end of Mulberry Street

Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2022. It was originally submitted on June 6, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 400 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on June 6, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.