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PARK AND CE-METERY 
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Green River Cemetery, Greenfield, Mass. 
The accompanying illustrations show the lodge of the 
Green River cemetery association at Greenfield, Mass., 
used for hardening the avenues. 
LAWN VIEW, GREEN RIVER CEMETERY. MONUMENT 
OP P. O. WELLS, PRESIDENT OP THE ASSOCIATION. 
and two views of the 
grounds. The lodge which 
has just been completed is 
the office and residence of 
the superintendent. Before 
the erection of the building 
it was necessary to keep 
most of the records and 
plans at the village, about 
a quarter of a mile from 
the grounds. 
The lodge has 9 rooms 
and is built of cement 
blocks made on the 
grounds. It is claimed that 
they are cheaper and more 
durable than other building material and that 
haying air spaces they make the building cooler 
in summer and warmer in winter. The floors in the 
kitchen, office, vestibule and toilet rooms are of alum’,- 
num and pulp, which is said to be more durable than 
wood. The lodge is convenient and modern through- 
out and cost about $5,000. The stable and greenhouse 
is situated on the opposite side of the principal entrance 
to the grounds. From the residence and from other 
places on the ground, fine views of the valleys and of 
the Gonnecticut, Deerfield and Green rivers and the 
hills of the Shelburne, Leydent, Bernardston, Deerfield, 
and Montague are obtained. This is the principal cem- 
etery in Greenfield (population 9,000), the shire town 
of Franklin county, and the grounds are the largest 
and most attractive in the county. In large measure 
the cemetery of a sizable country town is often its park, 
and this is true of the grounds of the Green River 
cemetery association. The grounds were first opened 
in 1851. The soil is sandy, and red rock has been 
NEW LODGE OP GREEN RIVER CEMETERY, GREEN- 
The trees are mostly 
oak. There are pretty little park areas here and there. 
Plants and flowers are used attractively in season as 
well as hardy shrubs. About 2,400 interments have 
been made. 
There are what are known as the older and newer 
grounds. Both are given equal care and attention, but 
the newer portion can be more perfectly controlled 
and more attractively laid out, and it is the effort of 
the management to make it thoroughly consistent with 
the lawn plan. 
It is about 10 years ago that the lawn plan was 
substituted as far as possible from the old mound sys- 
tem and the grounds have been beatitified in many 
ways. Very much of this work has been wholly duo 
to public spirit and is largely the result of the efforts 
of the president and A. F. S. Lyons, a former Green- 
field business man, who has since moved to the West. 
The officers are fortunate in having a capable superin- 
tendent, E. L. Jenkins, 
w’ho is a student and lover 
of flowers, shrubs and out- 
of-door life. Practically all 
lots are now sold with the 
perpetual care clause. 
The officers are as fol- 
lows : President, F. 0 . 
Wells; vice-president, J. P'. 
Logan ; treasurer, E. R. 
Fiske; secretary and super- 
intendent, E. L. Jenkins; 
trustees, Franklin R. Allen. 
Charles R. Lowell, Charles 
H. Keith and Franklin E. 
Snow. The accompany- 
ing views of one of the 
drives, a small park area, and a lawn tract will give 
some idea of the general character of the tract. 
NEAR WEST ENTRANCE TO GREEN RIVER CEMETERY 
GREENPIELD, MASS. SPACE TO RIGHT OP ROAD RE- 
SERVED POR PLANTING. 
