PERRY COUNTY
TOURISM
Prepared by Pawpaw for Perry County Tourism Committee
HUFSTEDLER
CEMETERY
Petty Drive off Whitwell Cemetery Road Linden vicinity From Linden From the traffic light in downtown Linden, go south on Mill Street for 1.2 miles, crossing TN 13 at another light. Turn left (E) at Veterans Park on to Old Hohenwald Road, then follow the signs on Hurricane Creek Road and Whitwell Cemetery Road to the site. Open daily, dawn to dusk
Pinckney Hufstedler had an aversion…
of water getting into his grave. Accordingly, he constructed a large wood and stone gravehouse over the graves of his immediate family. It originated as a low limestone wall surrounding a handful of graves to which Hufstedler added the wooden walls and roof about 1885. The uncommon structure is thought to be the largest gravehouse in Tennessee. Gravehouses differ from mausoleums in that they are built over graves, not as structures constructed to hold the burials themselves. Their construction may be a folk manifestation mimicking the elaborate tombs of the well-to-do. Pinckney’s Tomb is basically unaltered since the time of its construction. It was recently restored by the Perry County Historical Society through a grant from the National Park Service through the Tennessee Historical Commission. The Hufstedler Cemetery is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
(Pinckney’s Tomb)
Constructed ca. 1885,
Tennessee’s largest
gravehouse is an interesting
example of funerary folk art.
Constructed ca.
1885, Tennessee’s
largest gravehouse
is an interesting
example of
funerary folk art.
Prepared by Pawpaw for the Perry County
Tourism Committee
PERRY COUNTY
TOURISM
HUFSTEDLER
CEMETERY
Petty Drive off Whitwell Cemetery Road Linden vicinity From Linden From the traffic light in downtown Linden, go south on Mill Street for 1.2 miles, crossing TN 13 at another light. Turn left (E) at Veterans Park on to Old Hohenwald Road, then follow the signs on Hurricane Creek Road and Whitwell Cemetery Road to the site. Open daily, dawn to dusk
(Pinckney’s Tomb)
Pinckney Hufstedler had an aversion…
of water getting into his grave. Accordingly, he constructed a large wood and stone gravehouse over the graves of his immediate family. It originated as a low limestone wall surrounding a handful of graves to which Hufstedler added the wooden walls and roof about 1885. The uncommon structure is thought to be the largest gravehouse in Tennessee. Gravehouses differ from mausoleums in that they are built over graves, not as structures constructed to hold the burials themselves. Their construction may be a folk manifestation mimicking the elaborate tombs of the well-to-do. Pinckney’s Tomb is basically unaltered since the time of its construction. It was recently restored by the Perry County Historical Society through a grant from the National Park Service through the Tennessee Historical Commission. The Hufstedler Cemetery is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
