60 Account of the Lowell Cemetery. 



angles: these avenues, for the most part, are bordered by fine 

 forest trees, of a variety of kinds and sizes. In laying out 

 the avenues and paths, particular regard was had to the gVeat- 

 est possible extent of available footage, and ready access by 

 them to any part of the ground. 1'he direction of many of 

 the most important paths was dictated in a great degree by 

 the existing ornamental timber; and some reference was ne- 

 cessarily had to the course required for draining. In laying 

 out these grounds, the skill of the designer has been display- 

 ed, in combining somewhat the "ancient or geometric style" 

 with the natural or irregular. In some parts, the regular forms 

 and right lines are well adapted to the location of the ground, 

 while in others, the varied and gradually curving forms give 

 an air of grandeur und boldness, and in combining these with 

 the natural scenery, cannot fail to call forth, in the minds of 

 visitors, impressions of love and veneration. 



The plan of the gateway is designed upon the ancient 

 Egyptian style of architecture, consisting of an elevation sim- 

 ilar on both sides, which serve as gate piers, to which are 

 hung gates folding in the centre. Each pier rests upon a base 

 of about five feet square, surmounted with a plain massive 

 capital; the height of the elevation, from the ground to the 

 apex of the wreathed head of the capitals, is twenty feet: 

 upon the interior face of these piers, and next the gate, are 

 pilasters supporting the Egyptian arch, which is twelve feet 

 wide. 



The chapel is to be built of sober but correct style of Gothic 

 architecture, and will be embosomed amongst a deep mass of 

 pines and stately trees, and the whole will form a picture of 

 nature and art combined, not easily to be surpassed. 



The grounds are now open to visitors, and all are earnestly 

 advised, who have not already done so, to pay an early visit 

 to this beautiful cemetery. 



In concluding this detailed account, the writer will not 

 omit to state, that the whole of the architectural arrangements, 

 including the ground ])lan, the dis})osition of the grounds, the 

 gateway, and chapel, have been effected under the profession- 

 al management of George P. Worcester, Esq., civil engi- 

 neer. 



Lowell, Dec, 1841. 



