Sacred Heart Cemetery, 2900 Purchase St

According to Findagrave.com, there are 131 people buried in this cemetery. Originally located in Harlem, president Mother Eleanor O'Byrne, RSCJ relocated the Academy of Sacred Heart to Purchase, to the former Whitehall Reid estate which later became Manhattanville College. “The Cemetery at the College was established in 1952 and the remains of the nuns buried in the old Manhattanville were transferred to the Purchase location in the summer of 1952. Religious of the Sacred Heart were buried in the Cemetery until 1980.” [1]

Mother Sarah Brownson, RSJC (September 13, 1870-October 24, 1952) who oversaw the transition from an academy to a college, is buried here. Brownso was the Dean of Manhattanville from 1917-1926 and Manhattanville's Brownson Hall is named for her.

[1] Manhattanville College Cemetery in Purchase, New York. Accessed May 30, 2024. https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2437721/manhattanville-college-cemetery.