Third Street Burying Ground

In 1869, the City of Troy bought the property of the Third Street Burying Ground for the site of a new city hall. This was the burial site for many of Troy's earliest inhabitants including the Vanderheyden family and Jacob Lansing, founders of Troy and Lansingburgh respectively. Many of the remains were reinterred at Oakwood. With these reinterments, the graves within Oakwood span the entire the history of Troy.[11] Although it was a cemetery by definition, Oakwood quickly became a place for recreation and was used in its early days as a public park. In response to its popularity, many memorials include benches in their design, aimed to invite visitors to rest while enjoying their visit. So popular was Oakwood that in 1908 the Association began a stage service between the Oakwood Avenue and 114th Street entrances.[11]



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