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- Guilderland properties listed in the
National Register of Historic Places - Prospect Hill Cemetery
Vault
Prospect Hill Cemetery Vault viewed from the south
(August 2025).
Photo of Prospect Hill Cemetery Vault in the 1982 NRHP nomination
document (marked August 1980)
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1. Prospect Hill Cemetery Vault viewed from southwest
Text information from NRHP nomination of 1982
Prospect Hill Cemetery Vault entered on the NRHP 10 November 1982 as
"Prospect Hill Cemetery Building"
Application file # 12; National Register Guilderland Multiple
Resource Area # 22.
Part of Prospect Hill Cemetery and set into the hill very close to
heavily travelled Western Turnpike (U.S. Route 20).
Features: This small cemetery vault is constructed of coursed
cobblestone with ashlar quoins; a stone lintel over the door and a
quoined door surround. The gable roof is in patterned slate* and has
ornately sawn brackets at the overhang.
Date of initial construction: 1863; builder (stonemason) R.
Zeh
Historical and Architectural importance: One of only several
cobblestone buildings in Guilderland, the Prospect Hill Cemetery
Building is a unique structure in the town. Although cobblestone
construction was a common building technique in the northeast prior
to the twentieth century, it was rare in this vicinity. The vault is
a significant and unusual example of the use of this material. It is
well crafted, with simple embellishments typical of a
straightforward vernacular design. The building survives intact
amidst modern suburban development encroaching upon the area.
*roof is sheet metal in 2025
Prospect
Hill Cemetery Building NRHP nomination document (10MB pdf)
map location from NRHP document (#12 Prospect Hill Cemetery
Building) site map with building location from 1979 tax
map
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