Dedicated on September 24, 1853, it is 36.4-acre (14.7 ha) in size and includes winding tree-lined paths, upper and lower ponds and an array of funerary monuments in the gothic, neo-classical, and romantic style.

[5] The bronze statue, Wisdom, on the Benedict family monument[6] was designed by Truman Howe Bartlett in 1871 and sculpted by Ferdinand von Miller in 1872.

[7] The modern Gothic Hall Memorial Chapel was designed by noted Waterbury architect Robert W. Hill and completed in 1885.

[8] The monument to Civil War Colonel John Lyman Chatfield was designed by George Edwin Bissell and was unveiled at a ceremony on September 13, 1887.

Decorative figures carrying wreaths form the handles with the vase supported by cherubs.