Welcome Future Residents!
We are excited (but not eager) to have you with us…eternally.
So, you want to be buried in America’s Hippest Cemetery?
We’re a cemetery like no other. Our days are packed with people and dogs, and lots of volunteers who make this place so special and beloved. Our quirky, small staff at this non-profit cemetery proudly serves our community with a lot of heart– we have great reverence for the dead and a zest for the living. We love saying yes to families. We’d love for you to know more about life at Congressional.
Interment Options
Notice
We’re Updating our Site Sales Process!
Pre-need appointments will resume in late 2024. When death has occurred or is imminent, we will prioritize the appointment.
Please call our office if you need to make immediate burial arrangements and we will assist you promptly.
Interment Options
Traditional Burial
- Interment Rights for 3’ by 8’ Full Body Burial Grave Site
- Grave Liner (optional)
- Open and Close Fee
- Memorial (optional)
- Monument Placement/Installation Fee for Memorial
Green Burial
- Interment Rights for 3’ by 8’ Full Body Burial Grave Site
- No vault (partial, inverted, or otherwise)
- No lid, concrete box, slab or partial liner
- Open and Close Fee
- No embalming
- Eco-friendly burial container (wicker or plain pine) or shroud
- Memorial (optional)
- Monument Placement/Installation Fee for Memorial
In-Ground Inurnment
- Interment Rights for 3’ by 4’ Cremation Burial Grave Site
- OR Interment Rights for 3’ by 8’ Full Body Burial Grave Site
- Burial Container (urn, box, shroud)
- Liner (optional)
- Open and Close Fee
- Memorial (optional)
- Monument Placement/Installation Fee for Memorial
Cremation Bench Sites
- Bench Placement Rights for 2’ by 4’ Bench Site
- Memorial Bench that Accommodates Cremation Inurnment
- Monument Placement/Installation Fee for Memorial
- Burial Container (urn, box, shroud)
- Open and Close Fee
Scattering Garden
Scattering is offered at Congressional Cemetery is a designated garden area surrounding an obelisk in the southern area of the cemetery. Scattering fees can be found in the cemetery’s price sheet and can be schedule during regular business hours.
Chapel Rental
$400 per hour – 2-hour minimum
Monuments & Markers
If you are seeking information to purchase a marker for a site, please be advised Congressional Cemetery does not create markers. We work with trusted third-party vendors who understand the unique qualities of our burial ground. Please review the attached list of preferred partners. All work must be approved by the cemetery before installation, regardless of maker.
Available Sites
Historic Congressional Cemetery’s thirty-five acres currently contain approximately 68,000 burials and 25,000 headstones. Plots are available for purchase in all sections of the cemetery, each with unique historical landscapes, features, monuments, and historic figures.
Congressional Cemetery offers a range of options to meet your family’s needs. Prices for full burial plots range from $8,000 in the cemetery’s east end to $14,000 in the most historic sections. Each full-sized plot can accommodate two traditional full casket burials or up to eight cremation urns. Prices for cremation only burial plots are also available and can accommodate between two and four burials depending upon the dimensions of the burial container. Green burial options are available throughout the cemetery. Burial fees are determined by the depth of the grave at the time of need.
A comprehensive list of available sites does not exist for the public, as availability changes regularly. For information about sites available in specific sections of the cemetery, please contact our office.
