PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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WATER VIEW IN FOUNTAIN HILL CEMETERY, DEEP RIVER, WOOSTER MEMORIAL CHAPEL, FOUNTAIN HILL CEME- 
CONN. TERY, DEEP RIVER, CONN. 
The location of the building is on a nat- 
ural ledge. This made excavating ex- 
tremely difficult and necessitated the use of 
much dynamite, but under the direction of 
John Holbrook, of Westbrook, the entire 
work was done without injury to nearby 
property. Mr. Holbrook was also the con- 
tractor for the laying of all the stonework 
in connection with the building. 
The interior finish is unique and partic- 
ularly suitable for a building of this na- 
ture. The walls are finished with tapestry 
brick, the panel oak ceiling, together with 
the benches and other woodwork, having 
what is known as the old English finish. 
The main auditorium has a seating ca- 
pacity of about 100. At the left of the 
square vestibule is a small reception or 
waiting room, while at the right is a lava- 
tory and toilet room. The furnishings in 
both rooms are rich and in keeping with 
the rest of the building. Even the electric 
light fixtures were specially designed by 
Handel & Co., of Meriden. An indirect 
lighting system in the vestibule gives a 
most pleasing effect. The flooring through- 
out is of tile. 
The first floor complete, with the excep- 
tion of the toilet room, is covered with 
small terra-cotta tile laid in herringbone 
design. The floor of the toilet room is of 
white tile laid in the same manner. The 
wainscoting, door and window casings of 
the toliet room are of glazed tile, the walls 
and door of same being finished in white 
enamel with ‘‘Sanitary’’ toilet and lavatory 
and nickeled fixtures. 
The vestibule is paneled throughout, both 
ceiling and sides, with oak, and finished in 
a dull waxed finish, having an art glass 
window in the ceiling. The balance of the 
woodwork in the main chapel and rest- 
room are finished in a like manner. 
The main chapel has solid sheathed ceil- 
ing with oak beams and trusses. The win- 
dow 7 casings are of the same material and 
are of Gothic design to harmonize. The 
walls are of tapestry brick laid in mortar 
colored to match. The entire woodwork, 
seats and all, are of the Gothic design and 
everything is made to harmonize and carry 
out this effect. 
The electric lighting fixtures are special 
and match the general design. Leather 
covered, double-action doors are used be- 
tween the vestibule and nave. The furni- 
ture in the restroom is of fumed oak, with 
a Wilton velvet rug on the floor. 
The lowering device is of the most im- 
proved type of National, lowering directly 
into the receiving vault below. In the re- 
ceiving vault there are steel racks for 
twelve cases, with plenty of room to move 
about and work. There is a door opening 
out onto the outside steps from the receiv- 
ing vault, also another outside door which 
opens from the passageway which leads to 
the furnace room, which is situated just 
back of the receiving vault. 
The furnace is a large affair which burns 
cordwood, and the building can thus be 
very quickly heated, as the use to which 
the building is put does not require a 
steady coal fire all the time. In the furnace 
room there is also a porcelain sink and all 
modern conveniences for employees. 
Isaac Allen, Jr., of Hartford, was the 
architect of the building, and Wise & Up- 
son, of Hartford, were the contractors. 
The Fountain Hill Cemetery Association 
was organized as a joint stock company 
June 17, 1851. The present grounds in- 
clude some forty-eight acres and for di- 
versity of surface and capability of adorn- 
ment are unequaled in the state. Its soft 
and graceful slopes, broken here and there 
with picturesque masses of rock, and the 
frequent glimpses of diversified scenery 
unite in making a scene of summer or au- 
tumnal beauty rarely found in a cemetery. 
The beauty of the grounds has attracted 
UNIQUE BOULDER ENTRANCE WITH MAJESTIC OLD TREE. 
BLUE HILL CEMETERY. SOUTH BRAINTREE, MASS. 
BOULDER FOUNTAIN, BLUE HILL CEMETERY. SOUTH 
BRAINTREE, MASS. 
