{{short description|Historic cemetery in New York, United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Roslyn Cemetery | nrhp_type = | image = Roslyn Cemetery.JPG | caption = The grounds of the Roslyn Cemetery, which despite the name is actually in nearby Greenvale, New York. | location = Northern Boulevard, W of jct. with Glen Cove Road, Roslyn, New York | coordinates = {{coord|40|48|33|N|73|37|56|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = USA New York Long Island#New York#USA | mapframe = yes | mapframe-marker = building | mapframe-zoom = 12 | mapframe-caption = Interactive map showing the location for Roslyn Cemetery | built = {{Start date|1908}} | architecture = | added = October 28, 1991 | area = {{convert|13|acre}} | refnum = 91001534<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> | designated_other1 = New York State | designated_other1_name = New York State Register | designated_other1_abbr = NYSL | designated_other1_date = August 22, 1991 | designated_other2_date = August 11, 1992 | designated_other2_abbr = TNHDL | designated_other2_color = #B2E5CD | designated_other2_name = Town of North Hempstead Designated Landmark }} The '''Roslyn Cemetery''' is a historic cemetery located on Northern Boulevard (NY 25A) in Greenvale, in Nassau County, New York, United States. It is owned by the Roslyn Presbyterian Church which is located within the Village of Roslyn.
== Description == The Roslyn Cemetery is a product of the "Rural Cemetery Act" of which one of the many intents was to move burial grounds away from the local church and community as well as to design the grounds in a park like setting. This is clearly evident in the "Roslyn Cemetery" which is more like a botanical garden than a cemetery. Interments began in the 19th century and it continues to accept burials today. The cemetery has many notable figures as well as a section dedicated to fallen Civil War soldiers.<ref name="NysNrhpNom">{{cite report|type=none|url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319187 |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Roslyn Cemetery|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration |author= Kathleen LaFrank|date= March 1991| access-date=November 5, 2025 }} ({{NationalArchivesNote}})</ref>
The "East Gate Toll House" which sits on the south east side of the "Roslyn Cemetery" and is clearly seen from Northern Blvd. (Route 25A) is the last remaining toll house that served the North Hempstead Turnpike. It was built around 1864 and is frequently but incorrectly referred to as being a toll house for the Vanderbilt Motor Parkway which ran considerably south of this location. Over the years the toll road had ceased operation and the main road was moved south of the toll house. The "Roslyn Cemetery" eventually surrounded the property. This structure sat unoccupied for many years and served little more than a shed for cemetery work tools. In the 1980s it was restored. It serves as a private residence and, like the surrounding cemetery, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the New York State Register of Historic Places – as well as being a Town of North Hempstead Designated Landmark.<ref name="NysNrhpNom"/><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Town of North Hempstead - Historic Landmarks Preservation Commission |url=https://northhempsteadny.gov/Landmarks |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=northhempsteadny.gov}}</ref><ref name="NorthHempsteadDLs">{{cite web |date=2015-06-30 |title=LIST OF TOWN OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD DESIGNATED LANDMARKS |url=https://northhempsteadny.gov/filestorage/16281/17115/19817/19913/19915/Designated_Landmarks_as_of_June_2015_-_table.pdf |work=Landmarks Preservation Commission |publisher=Town of North Hempstead}}</ref>
thumb|left|Roslyn Presbyterian Church
==Notable interments== * William Cullen Bryant, poet and journalist, lived in Roslyn<ref name=rls>{{cite web |title=Roslyn Cemetery {{!}} Profiles {{!}} Roslyn Landmark Society |url=https://www.roslynlandmarks.org/profiles/roslyn-cemetery |website=www.roslynlandmarks.org}}</ref> * Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of ''The Secret Garden'', ''A Little Princess'' and ''Little Lord Fauntleroy''<ref name=rls/> * Christopher Morley, poet and journalist, lived in Roslyn<ref name=rls/> * Stephen Taber, a United States Congressman from New York from 1865–1869 * William Tavoulareas, President of Mobil Corporation 1969–1984 lived in Sands Pt.
== See also ==
* Flower Hill Cemetery (Flower Hill, New York) * Monfort Cemetery
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==External links== * {{Find a Grave cemetery}} *[http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA.html#RA906C622 Political Graveyard interments at Roslyn Cemetery]
{{National Register of Historic Places in New York}}
Category:Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Category:Cemeteries in Nassau County, New York Category:National Register of Historic Places in North Hempstead (town), New York Category:Greenvale, New York Category:Cemeteries established in the 1900s Category:1908 establishments in New York (state)