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