Terry Family memorial, Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut. This massive 21 ton memorial was installed in 1903 using a double team of horses in tandem with a steam engine, wooden derrick and hemp ropes. Barre Granite with large scallop pitching. The Overstrom Family memorial, also pictured here on this page, can be seen behind and to the right.Cedar Hill Cemetery public obelisk. Barre Granite.This dramatic Pelican is at Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, Connecticut. Carved by John T. Zito Jr. in 1998 of Indiana Limestone.Sarkisian Family memorial, Cedar Hill Cemetery, Barre Granite and custom bronze statue.Gallo -Miano family memorial in Cedar Hill Cemetery. The statue is a 1920s vintage carving in Westerly Granite and the pedestal, bases and vase are freshly produced Impala Granite.Buckingham Family multipiece sarcophagus carved from all hand-axed Canadian Pink Granite, Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut. Installed in 2023.Garcia Family memorial in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut. Barre Granite.Menta Family memorial in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut. Barre Granite.
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Leone Family memorial in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Salisbury Pink Granite.Overstrom Family memorial in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut. Installed in 2007, the base is 7′ x 7′ and overall height is 14′. All hand-axed Impala Granite.Suffield War Memorial in Suffield, Connecticut designed by John T. Zito Jr.; produced and installed by others.The Founders of Hartford monument in Stony Creek Granite from Branford, Connecticut replaced a failing 1837 Portland Brownstone version in exact dimensions. It was commissioned by The Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford in 1986 to commemorate Hartford’s 350th anniversary and installed in the exact original location in the Gold Street Ancient Burying Ground, Hartford, Connecticut. The top of the shaft was hollowed out to hold a time capsule for future opening.Autorino Family memorial in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Wausau Red Granite and custom bronze inlay.Frederick Law Olmsted bronze bust — this famous landscape designer was from Hartford. He designed New York’s Central Park, Elizabeth Park in West Hartford, The Institute of Living in Hartford & dozens of notable parks nationwide. This bronze casting is installed on the grounds of The Institute of Living in Hartford. It is mounted on a Mountain Rose Granite base.
Chow Family memorial in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut. Barre Granite, designed by the Chow Family.Day Family memorial in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut. Westerly Granite.