THE MODERN CEMETERY. 
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NEW GREENHOUSES, ALLECiHENY CEMETERY, ALLEGHENY CfTY, PA. 
New Greenhouses, Allegheny Cemetery. 
The accompanying illustrations give a plan and 
perspective view of a range of glass recently erect- 
ed for Allegheny Cemetery, at Allegheny City, Pa. 
The houses which formerly stood on the site of the 
present structure were found inadequate for the 
requirements of the cemetery, and the present range 
was accordingly built, using as far as possible the 
old foundations. 
The plan will show the arrangement of the vari- 
ous houses. The Palm House is one hundred and 
thirty feet long by thirty feet wide with a vestibule 
9 ft. by 17 ft. on the front. The height from top 
of cement walk to base of lantern is twenty-five feet. 
The lantern is seven feet from base to ridge, while 
the central tower rises ten feet above this point. 
The total height is forty-two feet from top of ce- 
ment walk to top of tower. The Palm house is ex- 
ecuted throughout in the Gothic style of architect- 
ure, and presents pleasing exterior and interior 
views. Extending from the Palm House is a group 
of five Green Houses with straight roofs. 
The framework of all the houses is iron, bent to 
shape of the various sections, and properly propor- 
tioned to sustain the various weights and strains 
which it will be called upon to sustain. Wide iron 
gutters capping the brick walls are placed between 
the green houses, to which the iron rafters of the 
roofs are secured. Wood is used in the construct- 
ion of the houses, to a very limited extent and only 
where it is found to be indispensable to form a se- 
cure setting for the glass. 
Iron framed tables with slate tops are placed in 
all the houses except in center of Palm House 
which is utilized as a natural bed; the walks are con- 
crete with Portland cement finish. The houses are 
heated throughout with steam. Sufficient ventilating 
sash to secure the proper amount of ventilation is 
placed in each house, operated by special machinery. 
In designing the range the practical use for 
which the various houses were intended has in no 
case been sacrificed for appearence sake alone. An 
inspection of the houses and the plants which are 
there unmistakeably thriving will attest to the fact 
that when glass houses are built in a thorough man- 
ner, and skilled services employed to superintend 
them, the result must be great benefit to a ceme- 
tery, both as regards its own necessities and as a 
source of income. 
These houses represent the latest improvements 
in horticultural architecture and building, and 
cemetery officials contemplating such improvements 
would be well repaid by a visit to this range at 
Allegheny. 
The range was designed and erected by Lord & 
Burnham Co., Horticultural Architects and Build- 
ers of 160 Fifth Ave., New York City, and Irving- 
ton, N. Y. The same firm also designed and erect- 
ed the Schenberg Park conservatories at Pittsburg, 
which is the largest range of glass in America. 
Apropos of the “ghoul” who is again busy, if 
e.xchanges can be relied upon, we read of one who 
has bequeathed his body to a hospital on condition 
that his skeleton, properly mounted and inscribed, 
be placed in the museum. 
