St. Agnes Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery established in 1867. Located in Menands, New York, St. Agnes Cemetery is managed and cared for by Albany Diocesan Cemeteries.
St. Agnes Cemetery was consecrated in 1867 and has features characteristic of the rural cemetery movement. Like other landscapes of this genre, St. Agnes Cemetery was designed to portray order, symmetry, and peace. The history of the Capital Region is written on memorials throughout St. Agnes Cemetery.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
Notable interments
Anthony N. Brady, businessman
Parker Dunn, Medal of Honor recipient
Matty Fitzgerald, baseball player
Martin Henry Glynn, Congressman, Governor of New York from 1913 to 1914
John C. Heenan, Prize fighter
Jack Joyce, Wild West performer and horse trainer
Nicholas Thomas Kane, Congressman
Mary Nash, actress
Michael Nicholas Nolan, Congressman
Leo William O'Brien, Congressman
Terence J. Quinn, Congressman
Artur Rodziński, conductor
Charles Tracey, Congressman
Anthony Ulasewicz, Watergate scandal figure
Robert G. Vignola, actor and director
Patrick H. White, Medal of Honor recipient
References
External links
Albany Diocesan Cemeteries of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany in New York website
Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) 1867 establishments in New York (state) Roman Catholic cemeteries in New York (state) Cemeteries in Albany County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Albany County, New York