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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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.
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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
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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/
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notes: External source; consult the original publication for its full context.
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