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Memorial CHapel, Ilion Cemetery* llion, N. Y. 
RICHARDSON MEMORIAL CHAPEL, ILION. N. Y 
The new chapel of the Ilion Cemetery Associa- 
tion, Ilion, N. Y., was erected by Mrs. Harriet Rich- 
ardson as a memorial to her husband and was dedi- 
cated January 3, 1906, with appropriate services. 
The first service held in the chapel after the dedi- 
cation was the funeral of Mrs. Richardson herself, 
who passed away a few days later. 
The building is of bluestone with trimmings of 
sandstone, and interior of dull finished oak, with 
arched ceiling of cypress, red tile roof and concrete 
floor. The audience room in the center of the 
structure has accommodations for 250 people. The 
catacombs, of which there are 45, are arranged in 
Toth wings. The total cost was $15,000. The ground 
about the chapel is to be graded and drives made 
this season. 
The Ilion Cemetery Association was incorporated 
m 1904. At that time there were no available lots 
for sale, and 45 acres of land adjoining the old cem- 
etery was purchased for $2,250. Most of this is 
woodland, and all of it very uneven, causing a great 
deal of expense for grading. Knight & Hopkins, 
civil engineers, of Rome, N. Y., were employed to 
survey about ten acres of it and lay it out, and in 
the fall of 1904 the work of grading began. In the 
spring of 1905 E. G. Schulz was engaged as super- 
intendent and continued the work of improvement. 
At the end of the summer about one-third 
of the ten acres was seeded and plotted and 
each lot marked with twO' markers. The drive- 
ways were cut and graveled, water pipes laid 
and hydrants set. All paths in this section are 
seeded and every lot accessible from drive or path. 
Regulations have been adopted for the new section 
prohibiting mounds, corner posts to lots unless level 
with the grounds, ' and all terraces and raising of 
lots. There was no fund for perpetual care of lots 
until last year, when seven of the most influential 
citizens started it. Four per cent of the amount 
given is allowed annually for that purpose. 
The superintendent’s report for the year shows 
an expenditure of $3,237, and tells in detail of the 
work of improvement. There were 45 interments 
during the year. 
Cemetery Entrance, Syracuse, N. Y. 
The entrance to Oakwood 
'Cemetery, Syracuse, N. Y., 
■shown in the illustration, is 
•designed to serve as an orna- 
mental gateway to the ceme- 
tery, a railway bridge and a 
screen for the railroad tracks, 
and is well adapted to its 
•double purpose of utility and 
decoration. It embodies two 
arches of pink Westerly granite, 
identical in design except that the 
inner one does not bear the name 
Oakwood on the panel. The 
arches are far enough apart to 
permit a double track. The 
arch is about 47 feet wide. 
The granite was cut by the 
Westerly Granite Works, West- 
erly, R. I., for H. Q. French of 
New, York, who was the con- 
tractor for the work. The total 
cost was about $21,000. 
ENTRANCE TO OAKWOOD CEMETERY, SYRACUSE, N. Y. 
