Monument of McDonald Clarke (1798-1842), "The Mad Poet of Broadway," ca. 1870. Often referred to simply as "The Poet's Mound," the monument to McDonald Clarke is one of the oldest at Green-Wood, dating to 1842. Created by sculptor Robert E. Launitz, it bears a relief portrait of Clarke, is inscribed with one of the poet's verses, and bears the epitaph, "Poor McDonald Clarke - Let silence gaze, but curse not his grave." (Lot 7011, Sec. 34)

Monuments to Sarah Van Brunt Cashman, William Augustus Conklin, and Martha and Mary Titus, ca. 1890. (Lots 799 and 800, Sec. 64)

Viaduct along 5th avenue near Green-Wood’s Western Entrance of at 34th Street and 4th Avenue, ca. 1860. The viaduct was designed by Richard Upjohn.

View of Sylvan Water, the largest glacial pond in The Green-Wood Cemetery, ca. 1860.

The Firemen's Monument, ca. 1875. Erected by a committee of volunteer firemen of New York City, the Firemen's Monument memorializes two firemen, Engineer George Kerr (1816-1848) and Assistant Foremen Henry Fargis (-1848), who died fighting a fire on April 2, 1848. The monument, rich in fire-related symbolism, was sculpted by Robert E. Launitz. Standing almost 24 feet high, the monument is topped with a statue of a fireman, wearing a hero’s laurel wreath, saving a child. It is adorned with the coat of arms of New York City, hydrants, hoses, speaking trumpets, hats, down-turned firemen's parade torches, hooks, and ladders. (Lots 2413-2420, Sec. 2)

Monument of the Wardwell and Draper family, ca. 1870. (Lot 16063, Sec. 33/46)

Mausoleum of Isaac Newton Phelps (1802-1888), ca. 1865. (Lot 6576, Sec. 9)

The Arctic Monument, in the Brown Family lot, circa 1875. The Arctic Monument, standing at the center of the Brown family lot, was commissioned by James Brown (1791-1877), head of the powerful Brown Brothers banking firm, to honor those lost in the sinking of the steamship Arctic. When the Arctic went down in 1854, James Brown lost a number of family members: his son William Benedict Brown, William’s wife Clara Moulton Brown, their infant daughter Grace, his daughter Maria, his daughter Grace, and her son Herbert. Their names are carved into the front of the monument. Sculpted by artist John Moffitt, the marble monument features at its center a likeness of the sinking Arctic. Though the ship’s mast and sails have been lost over time, the monument’s stone canopy has protected much of the ship’s detailing from the elements. Look up above the ship at the detailed carving by Moffitt. (Lot 2134, Sec. 22)

Monument of James Gordon Bennett (1795-1872), founder of the New York Herald, ca. 1880. The monument was sculpted for the Bennett family in Italy and transported to its current location, overlooking New York Harbor. According to a description in a nineteenth century New York guide, the monument is “a life-sized female figure, kneeling on a cushion in an attitude of prayer, commending her child, which is held in suspense by an angelic figure, to the Almighty Giver.” It has lost much of its detailing due to acid rain. (Lot 14234, Sec. 37/42)

View west from the lots of the Bayard and Cutting families, overlooking Pastoral Dell, ca. 1860. (Lot 6615, Sec. 23)

Monument of the Tietjen family, ca. 1875. (Lot 9620, Sec. 15)

View of Maple Ridge in Green-Wood, ca. 1860.

"Lot of the Thorne and Donaldson family, ca. 1874. (Lot 7959, Sec.26)"

Monument of the Frost family, ca. 1870-1875. (Lot 8872, Sec.21)

Monument to Do-hum-me, "The Indian Princess," ca. 1875. In 1843, at the age of eighteen, Do-Hum-Me, came east with her father, a chief of the Sac tribe, who was representing his people at treaty negotiations with the United States government. Do-Hum-Me soon met Cow-Hick-Kee and they married. She became the toast of the town in New York City, performing at P.T. Barnum’s museum. It wasn't long, however, before she fell gravely ill and died - just five weeks after her wedding. Still in its early years, Green-Wood offered a lot for burial of the young woman, hoping to add an attraction to the struggling cemetery. Do-Hum-Me was buried on March 15, 1843, near Sylvan Water, wearing her wedding dress. Her monument was carved by sculptor Robert Launitz and paid for by Barnum. As skilled of an artist as he was, Launitz struggled with English spelling, inscribing the misspelling of "Cheif" to be seen by generations to follow. The epitaph to Do-Hum-Me reads, "Thou art Happy now for thou hast past; the cold dark journey of the grave; And in the land of light at last; has joined the good, the fair, the brave." (Lot 236, Sec. 41)

View near Fountain Hill, circa 1875.

Monument to John Matthews (1808-1870), ca. 1875.

Monument to Lemuel Smith, ca. 1870. (Lot 6589, Sec. 25)

Monument to Samuel Finely Breese Morse (1791-1872), ca. 1875. Samuel F. B. Morse, perhaps best known for the invention of the telegraph and development of Morse Code, was also a leading painter, serving as the first president of the National Academy of Design. After Morse's wife fell ill and died before he could reach her, Morse turned his attention to developing a faster means of communication - what would become the electromagnetic telegraph—the first practical system for communicating faster than a person could carry a note. Morse's monument at Green-Wood stands prominently atop a hill overlooking Crescent Water. (Lot 5761, Sec. 25/32)

Monument of James Gordon Bennett, Sr., founder of the New York Herald, ca. 1875.

"Lot of the Thorne and Donaldson family, ca. 1875. (Lot 7959, Sec.26)"

View of Fountain Hill in Green-Wood, ca. 1865. Fountain Hill was so named for the large fountain that stood at its crest. The fountain has since been removed.

Monument to Seth Grosvenor (d. 1861), ca. 1860. (Lot 10796, Sec. 12/13)

Mausoleums of Charles Howard Clayton and others, along Fountain Hill, ca. 1865. (Lot 7011, Sec. 34)

A series of Mausoleums along Lake Avenue, opposite Sylvan Water, ca. 1870. Mausoleums pictured include those of Mary Tileston and the Spofford family. (Lots 14451, 14452, Sec. 37)

Detail of the Arctic Monument, circa 1875.

Firemen's Monument, ca. 1870.

View near Fountain Hill, undated photo.

Monument to sea captain and shipbuilder Menemon Sanford (d. 1852), ca. 1875. A competitor of Cornelius Vanderbilt in the shipping business, his monument reflects his maritime connection, with a ship at sea tossed by waves, ropes, mast, capstan, sextant, telescope, and calipers, all of marble. (Lot 1146, Sec. 43)

View of Spruce Hill in The Green-Wood Cemetery, ca. 1865.

Monument to John Matthews (1808-1870), ca. 1870.

Mausoleum of the Steinway family, the famous piano manufacturers, ca. 1875. Piano maker Henry Engelhard Steinway (1797-1871) migrated to New York City from Germany in 1851. By 1860, his company, Steinway & Sons, had already become the leading piano manufacturer in the country. The business stayed in the family for many years and continued to find great success. The Steinway Mausoleum at Green-Wood, built in the 1870s at a cost of $80,000 (equivalent to over $1.5 million today) is the cemetery's largest, with room for between 150 and 200 interments. It was designed by sculptor and funerary architect John Moffitt. (Lot 15388, Sec. 46/47)

A series of mausoleums along Sylvan Avenue, ca. 1875. Mausoleums pictured include those of Mary L. Adriance, Thomas Terry, and George H. and C. Moller. (Lots 19362, 19687, 14697, Sec. 41)

Monument to Horace Greeley (1811-1872), founder and editor of the New York Tribune, ca. 1875. Greeley's monument was erected by America's printers. Topped with a bronze bust of him by Charles Calverley, the pedestal has a bronze bas-relief on one side which shows Greeley as a youth, with composing stick in hand, standing over his type case. Another panel depicts a plow, an apparent allusion to Greeley's famous recommendation to the unemployed during the panic of 1837, "Go West, young man, and grow with the country." Greeley wrote his own epitaph, "Fame is a vapor; popularity an accident; riches take wings; the only earthly certainty is oblivion; no man can foresee what a day will bring forth; while those who cheer today will often curse tomorrow; and yet I cherish the hope that the journal I projected and established will live and flourish long after I have mouldered into forgotten dust.. and that the stone which covers my ashes may bear to future eyes the still intelligible inscription, Founder of The New York Tribune." (Lot 2344, Sec. 35).

"Precious Georgie," monument of George Sidney Cuyler, ca. 1880. The son of Theodore Ledyard Cuyler and Annie E. Cuyler, George Sidney Cuyler died at the age of four from scarlet fever, leaving behind a twin brother, Theodore, and two heartbroken parents. Theodore Ledyard Cuyler (1822-1909) was the longtime pastor of Brooklyn's Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church and nationally known for his work in both the temperance and abolitionist movements. Cuyler employed noted sculptor Charles Calverley to create a likeness of young Georgie to adorn his monument. The marble relief cameo, protected from the elements behind glass, remains in fine condition. (Lot 4228, Sec. 23/34)

Far view of the monument to the Pierrepont family, designed by Richard Upjohn in the Gothic Revival Style, ca. 1860. (Lot 534, Sec. 68)

View of mausoleums along Crescent Water, ca. 1865. Several monumental mausoleums stand along Crescent Avenue, overlooking the glacial pond Crescent Water. Pictured here are the mausoleums of the Groesbeck and Ferris families.

View of Valley Water in The Green-Wood Cemetery, ca. 1880.

Monument to Fire Chief Harry Howard (1822-1896), ca. 1875. An orphan, Harry Howard worked his way up in New York City's Volunteer Fire Department, serving as runner, fireman, foreman, assistant engineer, and finally, in 1857, head of the department. Soon after assuming leadership, Howard was struck down by paralysis while responding to a fire. Though he survived, he never fully recovered. Harry Howard dedicated his monument to "My Foster Mother" who adopted and raised him after she was saved from a burning building. The ornate cast iron fence that surrounded Howard's lot is no longer there. (Lot 9823, Sec. 2)

View of Valley Water in The Green-Wood Cemetery, ca. 1870.

Monument to Clara Bartlet Gregory (1807-1845), wife of famed painter George Catlin (1796-1872), ca. 1865.

Monument to John Matthews (1808-1870), known as the "Soda Fountain King," ca. 1875. Dating to the early 1870's, the Matthews monument was created by prolific sculptor Karl Muller. Executed in terra-cotta and marble for the great sum of $30,000, it was named the "Mortuary Monument of the Year" in the year is was unveiled. The Mathews monument is adorned with the likenesses of members of the Matthews family, including John Matthews laying atop a sarcophagus at the center, and the faces of his daughters atop the four columns. The statue seated at the second level, which has greatly deteriorated over the years, typifies grief. Various flora and fauna can be found throughout the monument, as well as four gargoyles on the corners which spit water when it rains. The spectacular monument was once even more elaborate, featuring a central spire that loosened and has since been removed. (Lot 1345, Sec. 66)

This stereoview shows the monument of the Callicot family in The Green-Wood Cemetery, ca. 1865. (Lot 5636, Sec. 20).

Monument of the Gassner family, ca. 1860. (Lot 5518, Sec. 45)

View of Dale Water, ca. 1875. Dale Water is one of at least eight glacial ponds that existed on the land that would become Green-Wood. Dale Water has since been filled in, but four other bodies of water remain, including nearby Crescent and Dell Waters.

Delaplaine family mausoleum, ca. 1860.

View along Dale Avenue, ca. 1875.

View of Crescent Water and the mausoleum of William Niblo, ca. 1865.

Original structure that stood at the Western Entrance to Green-Wood, near 34th Street and 4th Avenue, ca. 1875.

Monument to John Kerr, ca. 1875. (Lot 16648, Sec. 56)

View of mausoleums along Cliff Path, ca. 1860.

View along Lake Avenue, bordering Sylvan Water, ca. 1875.

View of Sylvan Water, looking down Ravine Path from Oaken Bluff, ca. 1890.

Monument to John Ruthven, ca. 1860. (Lot 2169, Sec. 13/22)

View along the shore of Sylvan Avenue, looking toward Sylvan Cliff, circa 1870.

Monuments to Cornelia Polhemus and Jane D. Creed, ca. 1880. (Lots 182 and 1543, Sec. 61)

Mausoleum of the Delaplaine family, including U.S. Congressman Isaac C. Delaplaine (1817-1866), ca. 1865. (Lot 8919, Sec. 12)

View of Crescent Water, with visitors lounging across from the mausoleum of William Niblo (1789-1875), ca. 1865. As a precursor to New York City's parks, visitors to Green-Wood in the mid-nineteenth century would come not only to visit those memorialized in the cemetery, but also to picnic, take in the natural beauty of the landscape, and view sculpture by renowned artists.

Monument to John Matthews (1808-1870), ca. 1870.

Frost family plot, prior to the construction of monument, ca. 1870

Monument to John Matthews (1808-1870), ca. 1870.

Monument to the Horsington family, located along Orchard Avenue, ca. 1860. (Lot 3868, Sec. 2)

View across Dell Water, showing Dell Path and several hillside mausoleums, ca. 1875.

View in Green-Wood, near the intersection of Sylvan and Lake Avenues, ca. 1860.

View along Landscape Avenue, near Valley Water, ca. 1865.

Monument to Doctor Charles Isaacs (1811-1860), ca. 1865. (Lot 13421, Sec. 61.)

Monument of Jane Debevoise, ca. 1860. (Lot 6422, Sec. 57)

View of Sylvan Water, from the intersection of Lake and Sylvan Avenues, circa 1875.

Kelsey monument, ca. 1875.

View of Crescent Water, looking down Vale Avenue from Dale Avenue, ca. 1875.

View in Green-Wood, ca. 1865.