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BEAUTIFUL CHAPEL AT GREENWOOD CEMETERY 
RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED CHAPEL AT GREEN-WOOD 1 CEMETERY 
FOR THE USE OF LOT OWNERS. 
The new chapel recently completed at 
Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N. Y., 
is one of the most beautiful structures of 
this character ever built in the United 
States. It consists of a chapel, chancel 
and sacristy. The congregational part of 
the chapel is octagonal, flanked by four tur- 
rets. The chancel is rectangular, its inside 
dimensions being comprised in the space 
between two of the turrets of the building. 
There is accommodation for over 100 per- 
sons in the congregation. The foundations 
rest on concrete piles. The main skeleton 
is of reinforced concrete faced outside with 
buff Indiana limestone above a base course 
of granite. All the roofs and domes are 
of limestone. The vertical surfaces on the 
interior of the building, the vaulting of the 
turret passage ways, and vaulting of the 
transepts are all faced with the same ma- 
terial. The vaulting of the chancel and 
the vaulting carrying the lanterns are 
faced with imitation stone to match the 
limestone. The floor of the chape! is built 
of Istrian marble in large slabs with border 
of verde antique and black and gold mar- 
ble. The floor of the chancel is of Istrian, 
verde antique and black and gold marble 
in slabs and mosaic. The altar and altar 
steps are of veined statuary marble. The 
toilets and sacristy (located in the turrets) 
have floors of Istrian marble. The toilets 
have wainscots and partitions of Istrian 
marble. The sacristy has a panelled wain- 
scot of quartered oak.' All doors and all 
incidental cabinet work are of 'quartered 
oak, and the altar rail, clergy stalls and 
bishop’s chair are of carved quartered oak. 
These are the approximate dimensions : 
Exterior, measured along longitudinal axis, 
65 feet ; exterior, measured along trans- 
verse axis, 49 feet ; height from grade to 
top of cross, 88 feet ; from grade to base 
of lantern dome, 61 feet ; from grade to 
base of balustrade, 37 feet. 
The architects were Warren & Wetmore, 
of New York. 
The windows have for their theme 
“The Resurrection ’ as depicted in incident 
and symbol in the life and parables of our 
Lord. 
Mediaeval in treatment, richly prismatic 
in color, they exemplify the strength 
and vitality of the ancient windows, built 
by reverent hands when the art was at its 
height before it was corrupted by the com- 
mercial spirit of the decadence. 
No enamels have been employed, all the 
color is in the glass itself, much of which 
is made in layers of different colors, and 
then etched with acids to produce the de- 
sired contrast, after the manner employed 
by Albrecht Differ and others of the an- 
cient glass artists whose work has stood the 
test of centuries. 
A window properly made is the most 
lasting form of art known. Lime and at- 
mosphere have dealt gently with glass, soft- 
ening the incongruities of the primitive ar- 
tists and enriching the colors. 
The sanctuary window commands the 
entrance, and shows Christ rising from the 
open tomb. Below are the keepers who 
became as dead men, their brutal strength 
vanquished, and on either side stand the 
Archangels Raphael and Michael, but the 
gentle, and composed figure of our Lord 
is the dominating presence of the group. 
This subject, ever the most difficult to por- 
tray in an art where action is undesirable, 
has been so handled that all action is re- 
strained, as in all the others of the series, 
and the spiritual truth is the first and the 
most lasting impression. 
“So they went and made the sepulchre 
sure, sealing the stone, and setting a 
watch.” — St. Matthew 27:66. 
“And behold there was a great earth- 
quake; for the angel of the Lord descended 
from heaven and. came and rolled back the 
stone from the door.” “And for fear of 
him the keepers did shake, and became as 
dead men." — St. Matthew 28:2, 4. 
“And behold two men stood by them in 
shining garments.” — St. Luke 24:4. 
“Now is Christ risen from the dead and 
become the -first fruits of them that slept.” 
— 1 Corinthians 15:20. 
The building of a suitable chapel at 
Green Wood has been considered since 
1849, but it never reached a climax until 
April, 1910, when an appropriation was 
made not to exceed $250,000. 
It will be open daily and will be at the 
disposal of all lot owners who desire to 
have funeral services in the cemetery 
grounds, a small charge being made for the 
use. It is very suitable for this purpose, 
being equipped with a pipe organ and all 
other fixtures. 
Hot Springs has the only exclusive 
negro cemetery in the state of Arkansas. 
It is known as Park Hill Cemetery and is 
located in Euclid Heights Addition about 
eight blocks from the end of Malvern ave- 
nue car line, near Ash street, and was 
opened recently by the National Cemetery 
Improvement Company. The officers of 
the company that built the cemetery are : 
W. E. Jones, of St. Louis, president; R. 
R. Cravens, of Port Smith, vice president 
and treasurer; and Fred L. Stratton, of 
Nashville, secretary. 
1 he Greenwood Cemetery Association 
has recently been organized at Hot Springs, 
Ark., for the purpose of beautifying the 
cemetery and the members are now work- 
ing energetically to that end. The officers 
are: Col. J. P. Henderson, president; F. 
A. Bradfield, treasurer, and J. R. Housley, 
secretary. A movement is also on foot to 
form a similar association for Hollywood 
Cemetery at Hot Springs. 
