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Garden cemeteries of New England, 1796-2019, Trudy Irene Scee

eng

contains biographical information

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non fiction

Garden cemeteries of New England, 1796-2019

1080079234

Trudy Irene Scee

"In 1831 a new entity appeared on the American landscape: the garden cemetery. Meant to be places where the living could enjoy peace, tranquility and beauty, as well as to provide a final resting place for the dead, the garden cemeteries would forever change the culture of death and burial in the United States. Historian T.I. Scee takes readers on a historical tour of many of the region's cemeteries, exploring the landscape architecture, the stunning beauty, and delving into the rich history of both the sites and of those who are buried there."--, Provided by the publisher

The forerunner: the New Haven Burial Grounds or Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut -- America's first recognized garden cemetery: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Watertown and Cambridge, Massachusetts -- America's second garden cemetery: Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine -- Valley Cemetery and her daughter cemetery, Pine Grove, Manchester, New Hampshire -- Between the walls: Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Massachusetts -- The northeast's largest garden cemetery: Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York -- The garden of ethereal wings: Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island -- The forgotten gem of the garden cemeteries: Brookside Cemetery, Watertown, New York -- The mystical garden: Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic, Connecticut -- Cemetery on a hill: Green Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, Vermont, and Lakeview Cemetery, Burlington, Vermont -- By the valley of the kings: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine -- A plan for everything: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut -- The end of the era: the influence of garden cemeteries; South Street Cemetery, New Hampshire, Forest Grove Cemetery, New Hampshire, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Maine, and Hope Cemetery, Barre, Vermont