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PARK AND 
CEMETERY. 
MAUSOLEUMS for RENT in 
PHILADELPHIA CEMETERY 
Private Hillside Vault. Three Mausoleums for Rent. 
VIEW IN WEST LAUREL HILL CEMETERY, PHILADELPHIA. 
The building of mausoleums for rent 
for temporary interments for longer 
periods than practicable in the receiv- 
ing vault, is a novel feature of ceme- 
tery management that has been devel- 
oped by West Laurel Hill Cemetery, 
Philadelphia, where it has seemingly 
met with enough favor to make it a 
permanent institution. 
Many instances are noted where death 
compels a family to realize that no pro- 
vision for a final resting place has been 
made; and when a death occurs it is 
at once decided to build a mausoleum 
or vault as a fitting memorial. It takes 
time to prepare the necessary plans and 
erect such structures, and many months 
must elapse before final interment can 
be made. To provide for such an in- 
terval, this cemetery has built in a 
beautiful spot in the cemetery three 
mausoleums for temporary occupancy. 
These buildings are constructed 'of gran- 
ite and concrete, the interior fittings 
being commensurate with the dignity of 
their purpose. While there are several 
crypts in each mausoleum, it is intend- 
ed that the building shall be occupied 
exclusively by one family to whom it 
is leased. 
The structures which are adjoining 
buildings, as may be seen by our illus- 
tration, are of plain, but massive con- 
struction, and all of the work, including 
the monolithic concrete roof, was done 
by the cemetery employees. 
Ivlanager A. L. Smith, of West Lau- 
rel Hill, writes that two of the mauso- 
leums are occupied, and the third, it 
is expected, will soon be taken. 
The rental of each mausoleum is $25 
per month, with privilege of extension. 
Should it he desired to give up the 
mausoleum at any time before the place 
of permanent interment is prepared, the 
lease may be cancelled at the end of 
any month and the occupant of the 
mausoleum removed to the receiving 
tomb. Removals may be made any d.'.y 
except Sundays and holidays. 
The views here shown are from an 
interesting little booklet recently issued 
by West Laurel Hill, and give an idea 
of the three mausoleums and their sur- 
roundings as well as a glance at their 
interior. 
The transaction is recorded by a 
carefully prepared lease, much the same 
as a real estate lease. It reads in full 
as follows : 
This Agreement Witnesseth, that the West 
Laurel Hill Cemetery Company, hereinafter 
INTERIOR OF RENTED MAUSOLEUM, called the lessor, does hereby let unto 
