Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
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Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
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Main entrance to Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
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| Location | 540 N. Broadway, Sleepy Hollow, New York |
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| Built | 1849 |
| NRHP Reference # | 09000380 |
| Added to NRHP | June 3, 2009 |
Coordinates: 41°05′46″N 73°51′36″W / 41.096°N 73.86°W
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York, is the cemetery of numerous famous figures, including Washington Irving, whose story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is set in the adjacent Old Dutch Burying Ground. Incorporated in 1849 as Tarrytown Cemetery, it posthumously honored Irving's request that it change its name to Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
The cemetery is a non-profit, non-sectarian burying ground of about 90 acres (360,000 m2). It is contiguous with, but separate from, the church yard of the colonial-era church that was a setting for "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". The Rockefeller family estate (see Kykuit), whose grounds abut Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, contains the private Rockefeller cemetery.
Several outdoor scenes from the 1970 feature film House of Dark Shadows were filmed at the cemetery's receiving vault. The cemetery also served as a location for the Ramones' music video "Pet Sematary".
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