[MY REVIEW IS FOR THE EVERGREEN CEMETERY IN NEW HAVEN VERMONT BUT YELP BEING YELP MERGED IT WITH THE EVERGREEN CEMETERY IN NEW HAVEN CONNECTICUT.]Evergreen is a normal lawn-type cemetery. Lanes through it are walkable or driveable. There are rows of neat headstones. The grass is well trimmed. But there's one particularly interesting plot: Timothy Clark Smith.Mister Clark designed and rigged his own tomb in an attempt to prevent his nightmare of an undesirable outcome. He installed a set of stairs underneath a large square capstone beside his burial mound, and is said to have been buried with a bell in his hand and a breathing tube.The most noticeable piece is the... read full review
October 2020
I came to Evergreen Cemetery for the sole purpose of visiting the resting place of Sarah Winchester - heiress of the Winchester gun magnate fortune and creator of the Winchester Mystery House back in my home state of California! The cemetery grounds are absolutely massive and gorgeous! Very peaceful once you get inside...but outside of the cemetery the neighborhood is super sketchy! The entrance is easy to find right off a Main Street. The grave is a tad hard to find - I used the cemetery map and the instructions from Atlas Obscura as much as I could and eventually found it. Basically take a left (on Lake Ave I think???) at the first building you see once you enter and... read full review
[MY REVIEW IS FOR THE EVERGREEN CEMETERY IN NEW HAVEN VERMONT BUT YELP BEING YELP MERGED IT WITH THE EVERGREEN CEMETERY IN NEW HAVEN CONNECTICUT.]Evergreen is a normal lawn-type cemetery. Lanes through it are walkable or driveable. There are rows of neat headstones. The grass is well trimmed. But there's one particularly interesting plot: Timothy Clark Smith.Mister Clark designed and rigged his own tomb in an attempt to prevent his nightmare of an undesirable outcome. He installed a set of stairs underneath a large square capstone beside his burial mound, and is said to have been buried with a bell in his hand and a breathing tube.The most noticeable piece is the... read full review
I came to Evergreen Cemetery for the sole purpose of visiting the resting place of Sarah Winchester - heiress of the Winchester gun magnate fortune and creator of the Winchester Mystery House back in my home state of California! The cemetery grounds are absolutely massive and gorgeous! Very peaceful once you get inside...but outside of the cemetery the neighborhood is super sketchy! The entrance is easy to find right off a Main Street. The grave is a tad hard to find - I used the cemetery map and the instructions from Atlas Obscura as much as I could and eventually found it. Basically take a left (on Lake Ave I think???) at the first building you see once you enter and... read full review