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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
CEMETE|RY OFFICE BUILDING 
THE RECORDING ANGEL. 
Ellwanger Monument, Mount Hope Ceme- 
tery, Rochester. 
estal, studied from the famous monu- 
ment to Scipio, surmounted by a 
realistic Italian marble reclining fig- 
ure by N. Cantalamessa of Rome. 
Another figure by this sculptor is 
seen in the “Recording Angel” sur- 
mounting the massive Ellwanger 
monument, an octagonal pedestal of 
Barre granite. 
On the sixty-ninth anniversary of 
the first interment, the Rochester- 
Times devoted more than a page to 
a history and description of Mount 
Hope, illustrated with fifteen special 
photographs by their staff photog- 
rapher, A. M. Franklin, several of 
which we illustrate herewith. 
Elm Lawn, a new lawn plan ceme- 
tery of 430 acres at Elmhurst, 111., a 
suburb of Chicago, has recently erect- 
ed the new office building shown in 
the illustration at a cost of $5,000. 
The building is 35 by 40 feet in ex- 
terior dimensions and is built of stuc- 
co and cement, with tile rooL The 
interior finish is in quartered white 
oak, with all metal work in brass. It 
is divided into five rooms, the main 
waiting hall, cashier’s room, of which 
an extension of lower walls forms the 
president’s and secretary’s room, two 
wash rooms, with full plumbing 
equipment and brick vault. 
H. G. Fiddelke, of Oak Park,Ill., is 
the architect. 
Elm Lawn is west of the city and is 
reached by the C. & N. W. Railway. 
The grounds are to be improved on 
the lawn plan throughout, and a 
The combined fountain, aquatic 
pool, and rockery illustrated herewith 
is a decorative feature of unusual in- 
terest in Springfield Cemetery, 
Springfield, Mass. It was designed 
by Superintendent E. King, and con- 
structed by cemetery labor. The 
basin is 195 feet in circumference, and 
both the pool and the fountain rock- 
ery are planted with aquatics, with a 
border of calladiums around the 
basin. The rockery border, the foun- 
tain mound in the center and the 
stones projecting out of the water at 
intervals are of lava stone. The foun- 
tain rockery is nine feet high, 55 feet 
number of sections reserved for or- 
namental purposes. 
As a special inducement to lot pur- 
chasers for a limited time. Elm Lawn 
is offering lots 13x18 ft., large enough 
for about twelve graves, at the low 
price of $30, payable if desired in 
monthly installments. 
The village of Elmhurst recently 
passed an ordinance forbidding fur- 
ther extensions or establishing of 
cemeteries in the limits of that vil- 
lage. This will prevent the exten- 
sion of the Arlington Cemetery on 
the east side of the village, but does 
not affect Elm Lawm, as any exten- 
sion that they may wish to make 
will be away from the village, not to- 
wards it. 
Alonzo G. Fischer is secretary and 
treasurer of the Elm Lawn Ceme- 
tery Co., and A. F. Fischer superin- 
tendent. 
in circumference at the base, and 
throws a spray thirty feet high. The 
pool is well-stocked with both gold 
and silver fish, and is a great attrac- 
tion for visitors to the grounds. 
Springfield Cemetery is also mak- 
ing alterations in the granite receiv- 
ing tomb to cost about $5,000. The 
crypts are to be enlarged to meet 
the increasing size of caskets, and 
their number will be reduced from 110 
to 84. The entire interior will be 
refaced in marble mosaic. The con- 
tract for this work has been let to 
the New England Marble and Mosaic 
Co., of Boston. 
ROCKERY [AND AQUATIC GARDEN 
NEW OFFICE BUILDING. 
Elm Lawn Cemetery, Elmhurst, 111. 
AQUATIC POOL AND FOUNTAIN. 
Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Mass. 
