# Evergreen Cemetery (Rutland, Vermont)

Evergreen Cemetery is a burial ground located in Rutland City, Vermont, United States. It is managed by the Rutland Evergreen Cemetery Association. Evergreen was founded as Pine Hill Cemetery in 1861, and the name was subsequently changed.

## History

Pine Hill Cemetery was dedicated on 16 October 1861, with William A. Burnett as the first superintendent. The site took its name from the location where it was constructed, Rutland's Pine Hill, and was later changed to Evergreen Cemetery. Initial construction included walkways, a vault, a front wall, and a gateway of marble. In addition, early construction included seven fountains, one of which (in Section C) is still working.

## Description

Evergreen Cemetery was constructed on a 45 acre site, and has been expanded by purchase and donation. Its entrance is located at 465 West Street in Rutland City, near the border with Rutland town and across the street from the Rutland Town Hall. designed in the rural cemetery tradition, the location was originally a pine forest and retains many aspects of a wood or grove. It is enclosed by walls of varying heights, many of which are made of local marble, and numerous vines and flowering shrubs enhance the cemetery's appearance. Winding paths and roads traverse the location as they climb a series of knolls.

## Notable burials

Several individuals prominent in business, politics, the arts, and other fields are buried at Evergreen Cemetery. These include:
    Benjamin Alvord, Union Army Brigadier General
    James Barrett, associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
    Horace Henry Baxter, businessman and adjutant general of the Vermont Militia
    Hilda Belcher, painter
    Asa S. Bloomer, Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives and President pro tempore of the Vermont Senate
    John H. Bloomer, president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate
    Robert A. Bloomer, president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate
    Fred M. Butler, associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
    Frank H. Chapman, U.S. Marshal for the District of Vermont
    Percival W. Clement, governor of Vermont
    John J. Daley, Lieutenant governor of Vermont
    Julia C. R. Dorr, poet
    Seneca M. Dorr, president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate
    Edith Kellogg Dunton, novelist
    Walter C. Dunton, associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
    Fred A. Field, United States Marshal for the District of Vermont
    Solomon Foot, U.S. Senator
    John A. M. Hinsman, president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate
    George T. Hodges, U.S. Congressman
    Silas H. Hodges, commissioner of the U.S. Patent Office
    Frederic Williams Hopkins, adjutant general of the Vermont Militia
    Lawrence C. Jones, Vermont Attorney General
    Charles Herbert Joyce, U.S. Congressman
    Harvey R. Kingsley, president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate
    John A. Mead, governor of Vermont
    William T. Nichols, Union Army officer and businessman
    John B. Page, governor of Vermont
    Robert Pierpoint, Lieutenant governor of Vermont
    John Prout, associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
    Edward H. Ripley, Union Army officer
    William Y. W. Ripley, Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient
    Charles Manley Smith, governor of Vermont
    Ellen M. Cyr Smith, author and educator
    Milford K. Smith, associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
    Bert L. Stafford, mayor of Rutland
    Robert Stafford, governor of Vermont and U.S. Senator
    Charles A. Thompson, Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient
    Charles K. Williams. governor of Vermont
    Leonard F. Wing, U.S. Army major general