Cedar Hill Cemetery, located in the South West neighborhood, was designed by Jacob Weidenmann in 1865, it is one of the early examples of the "rural style", being as much a park as it is a burial ground.

Hartford architect George Keller, who designed the Soldiers & Sailors Arch in Bushnell Park, along with some of the buildings at the Institute of Living, designed the Gallup Memorial Gateway and the Northam Chapel at Cedar Hill, as well as many of its monuments.

The 270 acres of open space, woodland, wetlands and ponds provides a habitat to wildlife, including wild turkey, eastern coyote, white tail deer, red fox, cotton tail rabbit and ring-neck pheasant. The area also contains over two thousand trees of more than one hundred species and varieties. The public is encouraged to take advantage of self-guided walks using literature available from the office. There are also several programs offered that illuminate the history of Cedar Hill and the notables who reside there.

Jacob Weidenman

Contemporary of Frederick Law Olmsted, landscape architect Jacob Weidenman's projects include the Institute of Living, Bushnell Park and Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Gilbert F. Heublein

Son of an Austrian immigrant and hotelier, Gilbert F. Heublein, along with his brother, formed the G. F. Heublein & Bro. partnership in 1875 as an importer and distributor of foods and beverage. Their most notable innovation was the introduction in 1892 of "The Club Cocktails", the world's first bottled cocktails.

Wallce Stevens
b. 1879 d. 1955

Hartford's Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who once had a scuffle with Ernest Hemingway and came away with a black eye and broken hand.

Morgan G. Bulkeley
b. 1837 d. 1922

Mayor of Hartford, Governor of Connecticut and the first president of the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs.

Samuel Colt b. 1814 d. 1862

One of Hartford's first business tycoons, Colt developed the repeating revolver, known as "the gun that won the West". The Connecticut State Library in Hartford has among its holdings, The Colt Firearm Collection, including original firearms, historical materials and the original Rampant Colt which stood atop the onion dome at the Colt Firearms Factory.

Thomas Galludet

Devoted his life to educating the deaf. He founded the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut, the first school in the country established to educate the handicapped.

General Griffin A. Stedman
b. 1838 d. 1864

Trinity College graduate and Civil War officer who died as a result of the battle at Petersburg. A monument to the general is located in the Barry Square neighborhood.

George Capewell

In 1881, Capewell invented a machine to manufacture horseshoe nails. His success made Hartford the "horseshoe nail capitol" of the world.

John Pierpont (J.P.) Morgan
b. 1837 d. 1913

Became one of the wealthiest men in America, making his fortune in banking, railroads and steel.

Yung Wing

Helped to found the Chinese Education Mission in Hartford.