Green-Wood Cemetery

Many visitors to New York City would have passed by or even checked out one of the several Tiffany & Co. jewellery/ jewelry stores around town. Perhaps not nearly as many people have gone to the New York Historical Society (a museum) to look at the Tiffany lamp collection, and I'm sure many fewer people made the trip to Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery to look for Louis Comfort Tiffany's grave.

 

Louis Comfort Tiffany was an American artist and designer who worked in the decorative arts and is best known for his work in stained glass. His father Charles Lewis Tiffany, founder of Tiffany & Co. was also buried here (see the tombstone behind).

 

Green-Wood Cemetery (founded 1838) is both a Revolutionary War historic site (the Battle of Long Island was fought in 1776 across what is now its grounds) and a National Historic Site for the many important people buried here. The 478-acre site sits on a beautiful hilly parkland with several ponds.

 

Official mailing address: 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232

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