Preservation Detroit Mount Elliott Cemetery Tour 2025

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Join us for a tour of Mount Elliott, one of Detroit's oldest cemeteries!

Mt Elliott Cemetery

2025 Cemetery Tours

Preservation Detroit's Cemetery tours on offer for the 2025 season. These tours are highly anticipated, and tickets usually go fast. Don't miss out!

Preservation Detroit Mount Elliott Cemetery Tour 2025$30 Members, advance purchase only$35 Non-members, advance purchase onlyJoin us for one of our Historic Detroit Cemetery tours this October! Learn about the notable Detroiters who are buried in our city’s cemeteries. Hear the stories behind the famous (and infamous) buried within Detroit’s cemeteries. Marvel at the historic art and architecture of the mausoleums and headstones.

[photo credit Andrew Jameson]Mount Elliott is one of Detroit's oldest cemeteries, consecrated in 1841 and dedicated to the large Catholic community in Detroit, serving as the final resting place for many generations of prominent Detroiters and everyday citizens. Established not long after Michigan achieved statehood, many of the city's earliest European settlers were re-buried here after being moved from the original St. Anne's church cemetery. Descendants of Detroit’s early French settlers, including the Campau, Beaubien, Chene, Palms, and Moross families, as well as members of the Irish, Polish, Flemish, and German immigrant communities, are represented with monuments to their esteemed dead. Namesake Robert Elliott, Detroit Mayor Jerry Cavanagh, the Crowley family, the Van Dyke family, and many noted businessmen, politicians, lawyers and judges, and clergy were laid to rest here. Mt. Elliott also hosts the Firemen's Fund Monument, dedicated to the firemen who lost their lives while on duty.This Saturday tour starts at 1:30pm. Meet inside the front gates. Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of the tour, which runs two to three hours. Parking is available on the street or inside the cemetery. This is a walking tour; the terrain is often hilly and uneven, so wear sensible shoes and dress for the weather. All tours take place rain or shine. No professional photography or tripods, please.Walk-up tickets will NOT be available for these tours. You must purchase your tickets online…these tours WILL sell out! Advance ticket purchases are available until 6pm the Friday before the tour. Tickets may be refunded up to 7 days prior to the date of a tour; after that, tickets are not refundable.

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