P A R K A N D C E M ET ERY 
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Monumental Type of Memorial Entrance 
One of the most useful and appropriate 
gifts or bequests that a cemetery can re- 
ceive is an entrance gate, and the “Memo- 
rial Entrance" idea is one that shoidd ap- 
peal strongly to people of means who want 
to render a service to the local cemetery. 
The new entrance to Earlham Cemetery, 
Richmond, Ind., illustrated, is a gift from 
philanthropic citizens of the town and is 
an attractive and imposing structure of the 
monumental type. 
The two large posts are four feet and six 
inches square at base and sixteen feet high. 
The two smaller ones are three feet and 
seven inches square and ten feet high, all 
made of light Barre granite. The iron 
work was furnished bj- the Stewart Iron 
Works Company of Cincinnati. This en- 
tire work was donated Iry William If. and 
Frank Coffin, of New York, and i\Irs. M. 
M. White, of Cincinnati, in memory of 
their parents, one of whom was the first 
person Iniried in Earll am Cemetery. 
1 he design, an original one, was made 
b_v the Picpia Granite and Marlile Company, 
of Piqua, Ohio, and the entire work was 
cut at their factory and erected in proper 
place 1))' them. 
From the Cemetery Rule Books 
Extracts from Regulations on Monumental Work in 
Force in IJ'oodlazvn Cemetery, N^ew York City. 
Contractors and their workmen while em- 
ployed in the cemetery are under the super- 
vision of the superintendent. 
The first preliminary of any improve- 
ment should be a careful study of the lot 
and surroundings. The design should be 
made in harmony therewith. To avoid 
making unnecessary plans, the cemetery 
should be consulted in advance, that the 
designer may learn what improvements 
will be allowed upon any particular lot. 
Architects, engineers and contractors are 
requested not to duplicate monumental 
work. It is not justice to the owner or to 
the designer, and multiplying any one de- 
sign only leads to a tiresome monotony. 
Attention is particularly called to the 
danger of overcrowding monumental work, 
which not only seriously mars the beauty 
and effectiveness of the design for the 
individual lot, hut causes a similar injury 
to the improvements upon all lots in the 
vicinity. 
All monumental work must be designed 
and executed in such a manner as to pro- 
vide the most permanent construction. All 
anchors, cramps or dowels must be of 
standard bronze. Joints in horizontal 
surfaces exposed to the weather should be 
avoided if possible. If such joints are 
accepted, they must be satisfactorily rab- 
beted or anchored. 
•All monumental work must be of stone 
of approved quality or standard bronze. 
The most suitable and acceptable material 
is granite from established quarries. 
All persons desiring to do monumental 
work, or to make any improvement or 
chaipge whatever upon lots, must file at the 
cemetery a plan of the work and a written 
order signed by the owner or owners of 
the lot or grave, as authority for the same. 
The approval of the cemetery must be 
obtained and a permit secured liefore com- 
mencing the work or bringing any mate- 
rial into the grounds. Such permit shali 
he shown whenever demanded by any em- 
ploye of the cemetery. If the work is in a 
single interment lot, the original single 
grave certificate must also he produced. 
Survey including grade of lot will be 
furnished upon application. The grade of 
all lots is established when the ground is 
prepared for sale, and no change will be 
permitted. 
Lots are marked by the cemetery with 
terra cotta lot markers. If boundary posts 
are desired instead of terra cotta lot mark- 
ers they must be set Hush with the surface 
of the ground. No raised letters will be 
allowed. The posts, ready for setting, 
must be delivered on the avenue at the 
nearest point to the lot. They must be 
three feet or more in length and dressed 
down plumb on the sides adjoining other 
lots. Such posts will he set by the ceme- 
tery at a fixed charge. 
, On lots less than 20 feet in depth a 
monument must not occupy more than 
sixty per cent of the width of the lot. On 
lots 20 feet or more in depth a monument 
must not occupy more than seventy per 
cent of the widtli of the lot. Monuments 
must not encroach upon the space allowed 
for interments. Bridging over graves for 
monument foundations is not permitted. 
The maximum size of the base which will 
be approved and the minimum distance of 
base from the rear line of the lot are as 
follows : 
Alinimum 
Ma.ximum 
distance 
depth 
Ma.ximum 
Depth 
of base 
of base 
width of 
of lot. 
from 
( from 
base 
rear line 
front to 
(from side 
of lot. 
rear). 
to side). 
10' 
3" 
1' 9" 
60% of width 
of lot. 
11' 
3" 
2' 9" 
60% of width 
of lot. 
20' 
3" 
3' 9" 
70% of width 
of lot. 
22' 
6" 
r 6" 
70% of width 
of lot. 
23' 
1' 0" 
5' 0" 
1 0% of width 
of lot. 
30' or more 
3' 0" 
70% of width 
of lot. 
On lots 
more than 
11 feet 
in depth, if 
some of 
the graves 
are not 
required, a 
monument 
of greater 
• depth 
may be ap- 
proved. 
On Whitewood, Wintergreen, Butternut, 
Dahlia, .Aster or .Acacia plots only one mon- 
ument will be allowed (in a lot. On these 
plots any stone work over four inches 
high, except a vase, will be considered a 
monument. 
Abases, unless they are part of the monu- 
ment, will not be allowed on lots less than 
Id by 2(1 fe.et in size. They must he either 
of cut stone or standard bronze. .A drain- 
age hole shall lie pro\’ided. They should 
be planted before June loth and protected 
during the winter with suitable copper or 
bronze covers properly secured. The cem- 
etery reserves the right to remove un- 
planted or neglected \ases from the lot 
after due notice to the owner. 
On Whitewood, Wintergreen, Butternut, 
Dahlia, .Aster or .Acacia plots, grave mark- 
ers will not be allowed over four inches in 
height. 
In the single interment plots a marker. 
