PARK AND CEMETERY. 
BlaKe Memorial Chapel, Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass 
LAKE Memorial Chap- 
el. dedicated last sum- 
mer at Harmony Grove 
Cemetery, Salem, Mass., 
is one of the handsomest 
and most modern struc- 
tures of the kind in the 
country. It is a gift of 
the late Mrs. Nancy Col- 
well Blake of Boston, in 
memory of her son, and 
is built in early Gothic 
stvle of architecture. 
The exterior is of 
seam-faced Cape Ann 
granite, the rustic finish 
and color of the stone 
harmonizing admirably 
with the site. 
The chapel is 64 by 34 
feet with a tower on one 
corner 65 feet high. In the immediate rear is a cloister 
52 feet long and 8 feet wide, which unites the admin- 
istration building, which is 35 by 24 feet. The main 
entrance is through an arched door in the tower. Di- 
rectly over the main entrance is the organ gallery, 
while at the opposite end is the chancel vaulted and 
recessed. On the right is a mortuary room, and back 
of that is the robing room for the ministers. ( )n the 
left of the chancel is a mourners’ room, which can be 
entered through double doors from the porte-cochere 
at the left of the building. The interior finish is Flem- 
ish oak with walls of terra cotta. The pews, 18 in 
number, are of old mission pattern, and will seat 125 
persons with ample space on the floor for chairs to 
increase the seating capacity to 300. 
The administration building, seen at the rear of the 
chapel, contains a general office, the office of Super- 
intendent George \Y. Creesy, and a meeting room for 
the directors. The main office is 17x21 feet and the 
superintendent's 12x16. These are also finished and 
equipped in Flemish oak. 
Beneath the chapel is a room for storing half-hardy 
plants in winter, and underground is a receiving vault 
of stone and slate with 46 crypts. The buildings are 
heated by steam from the plant beneath the adminis- 
tration building. The tower contains a clock and bell, 
and the roof is double-slated, in keeping with the mis- 
sion style of the architecture throughout. 
1. Exterior View of Chap- 
el and Administration 
•2. Interior of Chapel. 
Building. 
3. The Receiving Vault. 
4. Entrance to the Ad- 
ministration Building. 
VIEWS OF THE BLAKE MEMORIAL CHAPEL, HARMONY GROVE CEMETERY. SALEM, MASS. * 
