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The Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

Dig deeper into the history of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery and its inhabitants. Take a  two-hour waling tour where you'll hear of Washington Irving, author of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," Revolutionary War veterans, wealthy industrialists, and others. You’ll also be introduced to some of the cemetery art, architecture, and symbols on the grounds, and tours almost always step into a 110-year-old underground vault. Day and evening tours available, advanced reservations required.
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Our Price: $4.95

Our very own edition of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow contains the complete text of Washington Irving's classic story. The handsome color cover features a photo of the headless horseman in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.

Color cover, black-and-white text. 5.5" x 8.5", 48 pages. Printed in USA.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Map
Our Price: $4.95

Founded in 1849 as the Tarrytown Cemetery, this historic location is a place of peace and rest for those who have lived extraordinary lives, among them Andrew Carnegie, Samuel Gompers, Walter Chrysler, William Rockefeller, Elizabeth Arden, Brooke Astor, and Washington Irving, author of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Explore more than 50 featured areas in one of America's most famous cemeteries. 17 x 20 inches, full color both sides, color photos. Printed here in the Hudson River Valley, New York state, USA.
Stories in Stone
Our Price: $24.95

The definitive book on cemetery symbolism is lavishly illustrated with the author's photographs. Makes a great field guide to the signs and symbols found in Sleepy Hollow's two burying grounds: the 90-acre Sleepy Hollow Cemetery and its neighbor the colonial-era Old Dutch Burying Ground.

ISBN 1567317766

Size: 4.5" X 8.875"
Stories in Stone New York: A Field Guide to New York City Area Cemeteries & Their Residents
Stories in Stone New York: A Field Guide to New York City Area Cemeteries & Their Residents
Our Price: $24.95

Art, architecture, celebrities, nature all for free in NYC? Author Douglas Keister shows us the unlikely place you'll find it all: in New York City’s fabulous cemeteries. Stories in Stone New York: A Field Guide to New York City Cemeteries and Their Residents features some of the most fabulous cemeteries in New York City’s five boroughs and Westchester County, including our own Sleepy Hollow Cemetery!
Headless Horseman matted photo
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Matted print of the headless horseman in the burying ground of the Old Dutch Church. Washington Irving describes this spot in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: "The chief part of the stories, however, turned upon the favorite spectre of Sleepy Hollow, the Headless Horseman, who had been heard several times of late, patrolling the country; and, it was said, tethered his horse nightly among the graves in the churchyard."

Photo 3.5" x 5.5", matte 5" x 7". Photograph by Jim Logan of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.