Moravian Cemetery: it's much more than a cemetery.

 Here's information about our tours.

Old Section - Visit the oldest sections of the cemetery where its gravestones date back to 1740.  Some of the earliest Dutch, French and English residents of Staten Island are resting here. It's also is the resting place for Civil War General Stephen H. Weed and historian, naturalist, and author William T. Davis. The first mausoleum to be built at the cemetery stands here. It's actually an underground vault built by one of America's most wealthiest families. 

 Atlantic Avenue Tour - Stroll around this beautiful Victorian section of the cemetery and visit the resting places of famed photographer Alice Austen, George Wm. Curtis (Curtis High School), Judge Erastus Brooks (the first person to make  use of the telegraph for newspaper reports), Historian and Philanthropist Dorothy Valentine Smith, Elmer Dundy (owner of Coney Island’s Luna Park), cigar manufacturer Alvaro Garcia (Garcia & Vega), pencil manufacturer Eberhard Faber, Dr. Nathaniel Lord Britton (founder-New York Botanical Gardens), and Historian/Author Charles W. Leng. We’ll also visit a mausoleum designed by the prominent architectural firm of Carrere & Hastings, and a memorial to Civil War Hero Col. Robert Gould Shaw (1989 movie - Glory).

Central Avenue Tour - We feature such residents as first Borough President George Cromwell, historian J. Clute, architect John Merven Carrere, brewery founder August Horrmann (R & H Beer), playwrite Paul Zindel, American-Indian historian Alanson Skinner, Major Clarence Barrett (a statue in his honor stands in St. George and Barrett Park is named for him) and such families as Pouch, Methfessel, Dreyfus, Braisted, Outerbridge, Errington and many, many more names you'll reconize.