PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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GREENWOODS NEW RECEIVING VAULT, BROOKLYN 
EXTERIOR OF RECEIVING VAULT. GREENWOOD CEMETERY, BROOKLYN, 
N. Y., WHILE REMODELING WAS UNDER WAY 
The new receiving tomb in Green- 
wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N. Y., said 
to be the largest in the world, has just 
been completed and made ready for 
use. It occupies the same site and is 
practically of the same dimensions as 
the one which had been in use for a 
quarter of a century or more. It 
stands at Willow and Sycamore avs., 
not far from the main entrance of the 
great burial ground. While the front 
and entrance to the tomb are practi- 
cally unchanged the interior is entirely 
new. The work has been carried for- 
ward on the plans made by George Tre- 
maine Morse. 
The work of constructing the new 
tofnb has approximately cost $60,000. 
The structure is 132 by 56 feet. There 
is a porch, the front of which is of 
freestone, 16 feet deep. From this, one 
passes into a spacious entrance hall, 46 
by 25 feet, which when occasion re- 
quires can be used as mortuary chapel. 
Its walls are of marble mosaic, with 
marble pilasters and a floor of terazza. 
To the right lead two aisles, lined with 
crypts to the number of 412. It is de- 
signed to permit no bodies to remain 
in the tomb for more than a year, that 
time being allowed to friends to make 
a permanent disposal of them. 
A new feature of the receiving tomb 
is the columbarium. This is to the left 
of the entrance hall and is guarded by 
heavy Ijronze gates. There are in it 
niches for 340 vases containing ashes. 
These niches will be rented or sold 
outright. In the receiving vault proper 
the entire fronts are of marble and 
brass and each receptacle has a mar- 
ble tablet and brass handles. 
Besides the light from the sixteen 
skylights in the ceiling, the tomb has 
electric lights and electricity is also 
used for heating in cold weather and 
for the ventilating apparatus. The 
place is lighter than the ordinary room 
at any time and is thoroughly ventil- 
ated. The work of constructing the 
new receiving tomb has been done by 
John Thatcher & Son. The officers of 
the cemetery in direct charge are David 
G. Legget, president, Samuel Casey, 
comptroller, and William C. Grassau, 
superintendent. 
INTERIOR OP RECEIVING VAULT, GREENWOOD CEMETERY', BROOKLYN, N. Y. 
