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Easton Cemetery Est 1849. Easton, PA. National Register of Historic Places. Grounds open daily. Office by appt. to 2:00 p.m. to dusk, weather permitting.

Hours of Operation (Winter 2026):

Easton Cemetery Office will be open Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. Appointments outside of these hours are available upon request. Please call 610-252-1741 or email [email protected]. The cemetery grounds are open daily (including holidays) from 8 a.m. We are an active cemetery, in operation since 1849. Easton Cemetery is representative of the movement in the mid-1800s to create park-like spaces that served as burial sites and recreational opportunities. Land within the cities and towns was used for development. In the city of Easton, Dr. Traill Green recognized this need and the necessity of good sanitation. He prompted the local citizens to buy land outside what was then the city limits and Easton Cemetery was created. In the early days visiting the cemetery on a weekend was so popular that people had to have a ticket to get in with their horse and carriage! In addition to George Taylor, signer of the Declaration of Independence, the cemetery has a long list of notable people in history with interesting stories from stage actress to politician to founder of Lafayette College.

🌳 84 acres of rolling hills
🪦 42,000+ permanent residents
🇺🇸 3,600+ veterans
📚history
🖼️ funerary art
🦌 wildlife
👨🏽‍🌾 🧑‍🏫volunteers always needed
🐶 leashed dogs welcome

Self-guided walking tour booklets are free and available on the porch of the Superintendent’s House located at the front gate of the cemetery at the top of N. 7th Street.

🪦 TALKING TOMBSTONES EVENT POSTPONED UNTIL 2027 🪦We’re grateful for the enthusiasm and support shown for our Talking Tom...
10/22/2026

🪦 TALKING TOMBSTONES EVENT POSTPONED UNTIL 2027 🪦

We’re grateful for the enthusiasm and support shown for our Talking Tombstones event. To give our storytellers the time they need to prepare, the event has been postponed until 2027.

We appreciate your understanding and patience. We look forward to sharing these stories with you when the time is right - and we promise, they’ll be worth the wait!

Please follow our page or check back here for updates as plans develop.

Note: This event will be canceled if it's raining. 🪦What: Silent Book Club at Historic Easton Cemetery🪦Where: Easton Cem...
10/10/2026

Note: This event will be canceled if it's raining.

🪦What: Silent Book Club at Historic Easton Cemetery

🪦Where: Easton Cemetery, 401 N. 7th St, Easton. Meet by the Traill Green statue just inside the front gate.

⏰When: Sunday, October 11, 2026, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

📚What to Expect: Read in silence, together. A silent reading club is meant to bring people to read together without the pressure of participating in a discussion or “having to read the book.” Bring a book, a blanket, some shades, and join fellow readers for our monthly silent book club at Historic Easton Cemetery!

Hosted by the Friends of Historic Easton Cemetery (FHEC). Note: Although an FHEC member may be there, the event is set up to run on its own.

10/09/2026

🚧 A MORE CONNECTED, SAFER, WELCOMING HISTORIC EASTON CEMETERY IS ON THE WAY!

Forgive us for two posts in one day, but there’s just so much exciting news to share from Historic Easton Cemetery!

Big things are happening at The Cemetery - and they’re about to make it easier for neighbors, visitors, and trail users to connect across Easton.

As early as next week, preparations and PAVING will begin on the first phase of our Connectivity Initiative.

This first phase of the larger project will link the iconic 7th Street gates to the Grace Gate (the “blue gate”) beneath Route 22, connecting KSAT, through Historic Easton Cemetery, to our West Ward, and downtown Easton.
A circular walking or running connection!

Thanks to a generous grant through the D&L National Heritage Corridor, this first phase is expected to begin next week and be completed within two weeks!

Safety remains our top priority.

Contractors will install barriers, and temporary gate closures may be necessary. We do not anticipate closing the 7th Street gates, but please use caution while work is underway. Exact construction dates and times are not possible to have in advance.

Following Thanksgiving, we look forward to announcing additional funding that will pave every carriage path throughout our 85-acre, historic treasure! Yes. It’s exciting!

Together with our $250,000 Chesapeake Bay Trust Tree Canopy Award, these two investments will create a safer, greener, more welcoming park-like cemetery for everyone!

Exciting things are happening at Historic Easton Cemetery! 🌳

Easton Cemetery
Friends of Historic Easton Cemetery
Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor
Chesapeake Bay Trust
Everything EASTON
Easton PA Official
Karl Stirner Arts Trail (KSAT)
Archewild

Something's stirring in the cemetery. They have stories to tell, and November 1st, they're finally talking…Details to co...
10/09/2026

Something's stirring in the cemetery. They have stories to tell, and November 1st, they're finally talking…

Details to come, but mark your calendars for a family-friendly event Sunday, November 1, 3:00pm - beyond dark.
TALKING TOMBSTONES
“Where history comes alive…and the dead tell their stories”

Easton Cemetery
Friends of Historic Easton Cemetery

George Taylor Chapter, NSDAR
Everything EASTON
Easton PA Official





During a recent poetry themed walk through the Easton Cemetery, participants lean in to read the inscription on the memo...
10/05/2026

During a recent poetry themed walk through the Easton Cemetery, participants lean in to read the inscription on the memorial to the child, Lucy, while poet, John Cosgrove, prepares to read a poem featuring the memorial.

✨ Check out the amazing work by our gravestone cleaners! ✨ One of our September 19 participants (Katerina) sent before a...
10/02/2026

✨ Check out the amazing work by our gravestone cleaners! ✨ One of our September 19 participants (Katerina) sent before and after photos. Two weeks later, the stone has brightened further. This stone is at the top of the singles A section.

# 32 ANN RAMSAY MacMASTER (Sec. Q, # 13)Born: May 16, 1885 | Died: February 14, 1965​In the fall of 1926 Lafayette ...
09/30/2026

# 32 ANN RAMSAY MacMASTER (Sec. Q, # 13)
Born: May 16, 1885 | Died: February 14, 1965

​In the fall of 1926 Lafayette College acquired the home of Henry Marx (also featured in our series) and renovated it to become the Faculty Club as living quarters for unmarried faculty, which were all men at the time. In addition the facility replaced a room in South College which had served as a way for all the faculty to gather.

Fortunately for the college, the first manager for the Club was Ann MacMaster, soon known as "Mother Mac." Mrs. Mac was born in Scotland and came to America with her husband John, who was hired as an athletic trainer at the Naval Academy.

Following the untimely death of her husband she came to Easton with her teenage son Jack, who would later graduate from Lafayette, class of 1934. She was the cook, housekeeper, friend and manager of the Club until she retired in 1960 and the Faculty Club closed. She fed the men living in the Club and also prepared meals for the faculty and their families - some of the best food in town by the way!

New instructors who needed housing were warmly welcomed by Mrs. Mac and made to feel at home. Faculty wives would hold bridge parties in the club and found that the events would be greatly enhanced by the salads, pastries and other foods that Mrs. Mac would prepare. The club dining room was a focal point of many social gatherings and family dinners. The college was more of a family than a business in those days.

​Even with all she had to do, Mrs. Mac found time to volunteer at the Easton SPCA, no doubt why over the years that there were several four-legged mascots among the club residents. She was a member of several local musical groups as well. Following her retirement after thirty-four years, in appreciation for her loyal service, the Faculty Club Board and the College provided a financial gift to help provide for her future. She remained in Easton and became the housekeeper for Prof. Bill McLean who never married.

Last week, Historic Easton Cemetery was honored to welcome more than 100 volunteers from five incredible companies for t...
09/21/2026

Last week, Historic Easton Cemetery was honored to welcome more than 100 volunteers from five incredible companies for two extraordinary days of service as part of the United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley’s Day of Caring - our largest Day of Caring participation yet!

Teams from Just Born Quality Confections, NORCO, Brown-Daub, Bakerly Barn, and First Commonwealth Federal Credit Union rolled up their sleeves and went to work across our 85-acre historic, park-like grounds. And we mean WORK!

There was hard labor, extreme sweating, tens of thousands of steps, shrub trimming and grounds work - and one incredible team completely cleaned out the basement of our historic Caretaker’s Cottage, adjacent to our iconic 7th Street Gates.

We were also delighted to have Natalee Hercik, a member of Historic Easton Cemetery’s Board of Directors, join us to welcome our volunteers and show the Board’s support and appreciation for this tremendous community effort.

The Cemetery simply could not accomplish everything we do without partnerships like these. To the United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley, our five participating companies, and every single volunteer who gave us their time, energy, muscle - and probably a few sore muscles the next morning - we are beyond grateful! ❤️

You made a very real difference in helping us preserve, protect, and care for this extraordinary place.



Colonel Charles A. Wikoff (1837–1898) was an Easton native, Lafayette College graduate, and career military officer who ...
09/18/2026

Colonel Charles A. Wikoff (1837–1898) was an Easton native, Lafayette College graduate, and career military officer who lost an eye at the Battle of Shiloh and was killed leading a brigade up San Juan Hill in Cuba.

Years ago, the bronze sword attached to his monument's belt and buckle was stolen. In August 2023, the Friends of Historic Easton Cemetery, Two Rivers Brewing Company and local community members, launched the "Restore the Sword" initiative. Wikoff's bronze sword was successfully restored and dedicated in May 2024.

# 31 CHARLES AUGUST WIKOFF (Sec. M, # 257)Born: March 8, 1837 | Died: July 1, 1898Charles Wikoff was born in Easton...
09/18/2026

# 31 CHARLES AUGUST WIKOFF (Sec. M, # 257)
Born: March 8, 1837 | Died: July 1, 1898

Charles Wikoff was born in Easton and attended Lafayette College, graduating at age eighteen in the class of 1855. He majored in Civil Engineering. He taught school in New Jersey before joining the Illinois Central Railroad as an engineer. Later he studied law but two months before he was admitted to the bar, Fort Sumter was attacked.

Wikoff was one of the first to enlist when President Lincoln called for volunteers. He enlisted on April 15, 1861, as a private but was soon promoted. At the battle of Shiloh in April 1862, he suffered a severe head wound which resulted in the loss of his left eye. After recovering from his injury he returned to active service. Any portrait of Wikoff after this time showed him facing left.

During the battle of Gettysburg, Wikoff was again injured and ended up in the same hospital as his friend from Lafayette, Andrew Trippe, class of 1857 and a Confederate soldier (from David Skillman, "Biography of a College"). Putting loyalties aside the two talked of Lafayette and old times. Both recovered and returned to their respective armies having attained the rank of General.

Wikoff stayed in the Army for a total of thirty-seven years. When the Battleship Maine was blown up in Havana Harbor, Congress declared war on Spain on April 25, 1898. On July 1, General Wikoff led his brigade up San Juan Hill outside of Santiago, Cuba. He was shot and almost instantly killed. He had the unfortunate distinction of being the most senior officer of the U. S. Army to die in the Spanish American War. After the war his body was brought back to Easton for burial. On the day of his funeral, Mayor Hartzell declared that all businesses should be closed. Many of the Faculty and students of Lafayette attended as well. At graduation, the Class of 1899 placed a memorial tablet in Pardee Hall in Wikoff's honor.

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