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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
Hammered Granite. 
The most casual observer cannot fail to have 
noticed the steadily increasing use of axed or fine 
hammered work, particularly for the better class of 
monuments erected in recent years. When marble 
began to give 
place to granite 
for monumental 
purposes, the 
people seemed 
glad of an op. 
portunity of hav. 
ing some dark 
material to take 
the place of the 
too common 
white marble 
and for many 
years polished 
granite, espec- 
ially of the dark- 
er varieties, met 
with favor and 
was in constant 
demand. 
The imported 
red granite a s 
well as the dark- 
er colored Maine 
and Massachu- 
setts granites 
were susceptible 
of a very high 
polish, and this 
was considered 
the proper finish 
for monuments 
for a long time . 
With the devel - 
opment of the 
granite industry 
many varieties 
of light colored 
granites were in- 
troduced and much of it was for a time, polished in 
order to give the contrast that was considered neces- 
sary to secure legible inscriptions and give life to 
the general appearance of the work. Gradually, 
however, the demand for something different became 
apparent, and light grey and white granites grew in 
popularity, which led to the use of hammer- 
dressed work that soon made a place for itself, and 
to-day many of the finest examples of the monu- 
mental art in our cemeteries are void of any polish 
whatever. The introduction of Romanesque de- 
signs as an ornamental feature of monuments has 
greatly served to demonstrate the possibilities of 
many of the finer grained granites for securing ar- 
tistic effects in carvings and to emphasize the 
beauty of plain surfaces. The contrast of ligh t 
and shade to be had frompo lished surfaces no 
CEMETERY, JAMESTOWN, N. Y. 
darker granites, is not so essential in this style of 
ornamentation. This style of finish is necessarily 
expensive, as it is only seen to advantage when the 
best of twelve cut work is used. 
The accompanying illustration of the Orsell 
Cook monument is a good example of such work 
The fine hammered surfaces of this pleasing design 
gives a softness to the texture that can be had in 
no other way. 
The monument is made of light Barre granite, it 
stands in Lakeview cemetery, Jamestown, N. Y., 
and is the work of Harrison Granite Co., Barre, Vt 
THE ORSELL COOK 
MONUMENT, LAKE VIEW 
