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PARK AND 
CEMETERY. 
LANDSCAPE SETTING FOR FINE MEMORIAL 
Mary Baker Eddy 'Memorial, now under way. An imposing 
architectural structure with a carefully planned landscape 
setting; work carefully studied by models in outdoor setting. 
There is under construction in Mount Au- 
burn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass., one of 
the most interesting architectural memori- 
als in the country that is to have a land- 
scape setting among the finest that have 
free in treatment and not at all conven- 
tional, yet the effect obtained on a plaster 
model of full size, recently built, is gener- 
ally very classic in feeling. The extreme 
width of the memorial is about SO feet, 
form slightly above the natural grade, 
from which platform a double flight of 
steps leads to a lower platform at the 
lake’s edge. The scheme has no prototype 
and is merely a screen of columns open to 
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ACCEPTED DESIGN FOR MARY BAKER EDDY MONUMENT, CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 
Egerton Swartwout, Arch. 
ever been given to a cemetery memorial 
This is the monument to Mary tiaker G. 
Eddy, the founder of Christian Science, 
and is being erected by contributions of her 
followers throughout the country. 
The illustration on this page is from the 
accepted design for the monument by Eger- 
ton Swartwout, architect, of New York 
City. The memorial, including a fund for 
its future maintenance, i% estimated to cost 
$110,000. A general contract for its con- 
struction has been let and the work has 
actually been begun. 
The material to be used for the memorial 
is Bethel white granite from the quarries 
of the Woodbury Granite Co. at Bethel, 
Vt., the inscription in the frieze and upon 
the top of the pylons being of white bronze 
set deep into the stonework. The detail, 
which on account of the size of the repro- 
duction is only indicated, is entirely floral 
in form and free in treatment, the wild 
rose and the morning-glory being used as 
the main motives. It is interesting archi- 
tecturally to note that while it is extremely 
and the colonnade is 18 feet in diameter. 
The columns themselves are 15 feet in 
height and are similar in general character 
to those in the Clepsydra of Andronicos 
of Cyrrhus. 
The scheme for the memorial has been 
developed entirely by the use of models. 
At least three complete models on a small 
scale have been made, and a model in plas- 
ter of full size was built out of doors in 
the modeler's yard. The profiles of the 
moldings and the ornamentation have been 
carefully studied. 
The site is not only one of great natural 
beauty, but on account of its grade has 
rendered possible a more picturesque and 
interesting treatment architecturally than 
would be possible on a perfectly level lot. 
The plot, which is approximately 80 feet 
square, slopes gradually from the level of 
the roadway to the lake with a drop of 
about 10 feet. The memorial consists of 
a circular open colonnade of eight columns, 
resting upon a stylobate of three steps, 
surrounded on the front by a circular plat- 
the sky, enclosing a flower-grown circle. 
The plot of ground on which the me- 
morial will be located includes 4,333 square 
feet. The memorial itself will cover about 
1,556 square feet. The plot is located in 
the northeast corner of the cemetery, on 
Halcyon Lake, facing Halcyon avenue and 
near Viburnum avenue. Halcyon Lake is 
already in existence and has been so long 
as to be almost a natural body of water. 
The inscription for the monument has not 
yet been finally chosen. 
Elbert S. Barlow, of New York, is the 
general contractor for the granite work, 
which will be cut and set by George Brown 
& Co., 286 Fifth avenue, New York. The 
carving will be done by Menconi Brothers, 
335 W. Twenty-fourth street, New York. 
Mr. Swartwout is one of the best-known 
architects of the day. He is responsible 
for the design of the George Washington 
Memorial for Washington, the new Mis- 
souri state capitol, the new Federal build- 
ing in Denver, Colo., and many other im- 
portant works. 
