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Author Scee, Trudy Irene, author.

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

Publication Info. Lanham, MD : Down East Books, an imprint of Globe Pequot, [2019]

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Location Call No. Status
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  974 SCEE    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  917.404 S26G    Check Shelf
Description xvi, 259 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary "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.
Contents 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.
Subject Cemeteries -- New England -- History.
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- New England -- History.
Landscape architecture -- New England.
Sepulchral monuments -- New England -- History.
Mourning customs -- New England.
Cemeteries. (OCoLC)fst00850521
Funeral rites and ceremonies. (OCoLC)fst00936223
Landscape architecture. (OCoLC)fst00991814
Mourning customs. (OCoLC)fst01028403
Sepulchral monuments. (OCoLC)fst01112853
New England. (OCoLC)fst01241913
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9781608939077 (hardcover alkaline paper)
1608939073 (hardcover alkaline paper)
9781608939084 electronic book
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