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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
TYPES OF SIMPLE INEXPENSIVE SHELTER HOUSES 
In the requests that frequently come 
to Park and Cemetery for suggestions 
for shelter houses, the demand seems 
to be chiefly for structures of simple 
architecture that can be economically 
and easily constructed, and of such an 
unobtrusive character as to be incon- 
spicuous in the landscape and harmoni- 
ous with their surroundings. Simple 
rustic structures of wood, brick, brick 
covered with stucco, or of monolithic 
concrete, are often effectively used, and 
we show here some examples of such 
houses that have been built at a mini- 
mum of expense with the use largely 
of native materials and the labor most 
easily available. 
In many cases where the cemetery has 
landscape features that are distinctive, 
the shelter house might well be located 
in such a way as to draw the attention 
of visitors to these interesting places in 
the grounds, and thus enhance the value 
of the cemetery picture. Striking in- 
stances of this use of the shelter house 
are seen in two of those illustrated here, 
the Summit House in Woodland Ceme- 
tery, Dayton, O., and the two shelters 
tucked into the cozy little valley that 
gives its name to Valley Cemetery, 
Manchester, N. H. 
The quaint little rustic summit house 
in Woodland Cemetery is unique in its 
character and usefulness. It stands on 
the highest point in the cemetery, and 
overlooks the entire city as well as 
the valley, the encircling hills to the 
west, north and east, and points dis- 
tant as far as the eye can see. This 
building, constructed along practical 
and symmetrical lines, is one of the 
beauty spots of the grounds, and thou- 
sands during the year climb the wind- 
ing stairway to the tower floor above 
and are well repaid with the magnifi- 
cent landscape picture that meets the 
eye in all directions. The hill upon 
which the house is built is one of the 
highest in the range of bluffs about 
the city. The base of Summit house is 
210 feet above the level of Library 
Park, according to measurements made 
in 1865 by Samuel Forrer, one of Day- 
ton’s pioneer surveyors and engineers. 
The house itself was built in 1870, un- 
der the direction of a Mr. Kidd, a land- 
scape gardener, and was constructed at 
a cost of $2,200 of rustic wood collected 
from forest trees cut on the ground. 
It is octagonal in plan, 12-6 inside and 
18 feet on the outside. The floor is 
paved with boulders, laid to form va- 
rious designs. Superintendent J. C. 
Cline, who has been connected with the 
cemetery since 1856 and its superintend- 
ent since 1869, has carefully guarded 
the wooden structure as far as possible 
from destruction by fire or mutilation 
by the knife of the visitor and sight- 
seer. The rustic Summit house, perched 
high on the hill and bearing the brunt 
of every storm that swept over the 
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