Fair Haven Union Cemetery
The cemetery at 149 Grand Avenue in New Haven’s Fair Haven neighborhood. Three public-domain 2010 documentary photographs show historic features. The collection has no complete interment register and no acquired original 1808 deed; historic photographs, chapel construction documents and inscription indexes remain leads.

id: FHU-001
title: Fair Haven Union Cemetery’s 1885 gateway
kind: Photographs
date: 2010-10
summary: The dated brownstone gateway at Fair Haven Union Cemetery, photographed in October 2010. The visible 1885 is the gateway date, not the photograph date.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fair_Haven_Union_Cemetery_gate.jpg
credit: Emporostheoros, Wikimedia Commons
notes: Public domain: photographer released this work under the Commons PD-self declaration. Identity, orientation and image contents visually checked against the source file description. Contemporary photograph, not a nineteenth-century photograph. Chapel and Hotchkiss source downloads are Wikimedia thumbnail renditions, retained unchanged in originals; delivery dimensions follow the original file metadata.
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institution: Fair Haven Union Cemetery
accessed: 2026-09-08
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id: FHU-002
title: Soldiers Memorial Chapel, Fair Haven Union Cemetery
kind: Photographs
date: 2010-10
summary: Exterior of the Soldiers Memorial Chapel in Fair Haven Union Cemetery, photographed in October 2010. This is a modern documentary view of the historic building.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Soldier%27s_Memorial_chapel_Fair_Haven.jpg
credit: Emporostheoros, Wikimedia Commons
notes: Public domain: photographer released this work under the Commons PD-self declaration. Identity, orientation and image contents visually checked against the source file description. Contemporary photograph, not a nineteenth-century photograph. Chapel and Hotchkiss source downloads are Wikimedia thumbnail renditions, retained unchanged in originals; delivery dimensions follow the original file metadata.
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institution: Fair Haven Union Cemetery
accessed: 2026-09-08
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id: FHU-003
title: Herman Hotchkiss monument beside the chapel
kind: Photographs
date: 2010-10
summary: The obelisk identified by its photographer as Herman Hotchkiss’s grave, with part of the chapel behind it, photographed in October 2010. The photograph is not a complete inscription transcription.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grave_of_Herman_Hotchkiss.jpg
credit: Emporostheoros, Wikimedia Commons
notes: Public domain: photographer released this work under the Commons PD-self declaration. Identity, orientation and image contents visually checked against the source file description. Contemporary photograph, not a nineteenth-century photograph. Chapel and Hotchkiss source downloads are Wikimedia thumbnail renditions, retained unchanged in originals; delivery dimensions follow the original file metadata.
file: images/fhu-003-hotchkiss-2010.jpg
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institution: Fair Haven Union Cemetery
accessed: 2026-09-08
license_url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grave_of_Herman_Hotchkiss.jpg
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id: FHU-004
title: Grand News, no. 27 — “Stirrings in the Cemetery”
kind: Sources & research leads
date: 2007-04
summary: Ernest E. Ball, April 2007, is cited for the cemetery’s local history and restoration discussion.
url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Haven_Union_Cemetery
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: Locate the original newsletter before adopting its aggregate family or burial counts as comprehensive. The link is a citation trail, not the newsletter itself. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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id: FHU-005
title: Yale field study and preservation walk
kind: Sources & research leads
date: 1984
summary: Neighborhood walking-tour discussion of the Victorian Gothic gateway.
url: https://teachersinstitute.yale.edu/curriculum/units/1984/1/84.01.05/4
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: A historical educational account; confirm present access separately. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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id: FHU-006
title: Charles R. Hale Collection
kind: Sources & research leads
date: 1930s compilation
summary: Check for the Fair Haven Union Cemetery inscription volume and survey dates.
url: https://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/hg/cemetery/Hale
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: No full cemetery volume was acquired in this pass. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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id: FHU-007
title: Fair Haven Union Cemetery photographic category
kind: Sources & research leads
date: 2010 photographs
summary: Additional Commons images include inscriptions and the cemetery landscape.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fair_Haven_Union_Cemetery
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: Verify each file’s license separately; category membership does not supply a blanket license. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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id: FHU-008
title: Cemetery after Hurricane Sandy
kind: Sources & research leads
date: 2012-11-05
summary: New Haven Independent story identified in the publisher’s search index about storm damage.
url: https://www.newhavenindependent.org/2012/11/05/deads_rest_shattered/
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: Full article retrieval was incomplete; treat as an unverified newspaper lead, not evidence incorporated in the history. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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id: FHU-009
title: Chapel construction and furnishings
kind: Sources & research leads
date: 1895
summary: Local-history synthesis reports an 1895 cornerstone capsule and a Tiffany window.
url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Haven_Union_Cemetery
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: Neither original construction documentation nor a window attribution was acquired; these remain leads. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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id: FHU-010
title: Supporting source: archive.org
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Source consulted September 2026
summary: Supporting source for the collection history and chronology.
url: https://archive.org/details/historyofcityofn00atwa_0/page/689/mode/1up
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: External source; consult the original publication for its full context.
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id: FHU-011
title: Supporting source: teachersinstitute.yale.edu
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Source consulted September 2026
summary: Supporting source for the collection history and chronology.
url: https://teachersinstitute.yale.edu/curriculum/units/1984/1/84.01.05/3
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: External source; consult the original publication for its full context.
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id: FHU-012
title: Supporting source: www.newhavenindependent.org
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Source consulted September 2026
summary: Supporting source for the collection history and chronology.
url: https://www.newhavenindependent.org/2010/05/05/object_lesson_60/
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: External source; consult the original publication for its full context.
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id: ED-C-image-pass-001
title: Fair Haven Union Cemetery
kind: Photographs
date: October 2010
institution: Fair Haven Union Cemetery
summary: Gravestones and monuments at Fair Haven Union Cemetery. Fair Haven Union Cemetery, general view.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fair_Haven_Union_Cemetery.jpg
credit: Emporostheoros / Wikimedia Commons; creator's original upload or named collection
notes: General cemetery context. Display copy optimized for the web with proportional resizing and compression. The linked repository identifies the original image. Reuse: PD-self
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accessed: 2026-09-12
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id: ED-C-image-pass-002
title: Hotchkiss1
kind: Photographs
date: 2010; month differs between catalog and camera metadata
institution: Fair Haven Union Cemetery
summary: Hotchkiss obelisk near the cemetery chapel. Herman Hotchkiss obelisk at Fair Haven Union Cemetery.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hotchkiss1.jpg
credit: Emporostheoros / Wikimedia Commons; creator's original upload or named collection
notes: Catalog date conflicts with camera metadata; retain year only. Replace opaque Hotchkiss1 title with subject caption. Display copy optimized for the web with proportional resizing and compression. The linked repository identifies the original image. Reuse: PD-self
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id: ED-C-image-pass-003
title: Hotchkiss2
kind: Photographs
date: 2010; month differs between catalog and camera metadata
institution: Fair Haven Union Cemetery
summary: Inscription on the Hotchkiss monument: 'He was the founder of Fair Haven.' Inscription on the Hotchkiss monument at Fair Haven Union Cemetery.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hotchkiss2.jpg
credit: Emporostheoros / Wikimedia Commons; creator's original upload or named collection
notes: Source spells the surname Hitchkiss; paired obelisk is cataloged Hotchkiss. Transcribe stone directly before assigning personal data. Caption records the monument's claim, not independent proof of that claim. Replace opaque Hotchkiss2. Display copy optimized for the web with proportional resizing and compression. The linked repository identifies the original image. Reuse: PD-self
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id: ED-C-image-pass-026
title: Fair Haven Union Cemetery gate inscription
kind: Photographs
date: 2010-10-09 (camera metadata; catalog October 2010)
institution: Fair Haven Union Cemetery
summary: Fair Haven Union Cemetery gateway's dedication inscription. The 1885 inscription on the Fair Haven Union Cemetery gateway, photographed in 2010.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fair_Haven_Union_Cemetery_gate_inscription.jpg
credit: Emporostheoros / Wikimedia Commons; creator's original upload or named collection
notes: 1885 dates the gateway inscription, not the photograph. Carved 1885 belongs to gateway; photo is 2010. Display copy optimized for the web with proportional resizing and compression. The linked repository identifies the original image. Reuse: PD-self
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