Boston illustrated; . 140 BOSTON sequently conveyed to the predecessors of the present proprietors. It is a little larger in territorythan Mount Au-burn. It containsa great number ofuiteresting niemo-iials. The burial-lot of the War- len family is onthe summit ofMount remains ofG e n er a 1 JosephWarren, ,who fella t Bunker Hill,ha\ e b e e n takenfrom the OldGianary Burying-Giound in Boston, Entrance to Forest Hills. and reiutcrrcd in tliis cemetery. Within recent years an impressive receiving-tomb has beenbuilt at Forest Hills. The porticois nearly thirty feet square
Boston illustrated; . 140 BOSTON sequently conveyed to the predecessors of the present proprietors. It is a little larger in territorythan Mount Au-burn. It containsa great number ofuiteresting niemo-iials. The burial-lot of the War- len family is onthe summit ofMount remains ofG e n er a 1 JosephWarren, ,who fella t Bunker Hill,ha\ e b e e n takenfrom the OldGianary Burying-Giound in Boston, Entrance to Forest Hills. and reiutcrrcd in tliis cemetery. Within recent years an impressive receiving-tomb has beenbuilt at Forest Hills. The porticois nearly thirty feet square, andis built in the Gotliic style of archi-tecture in Concord granite. Itsappearance is massive, without be-ing cumbersome. Within thereare two hundred and eighty-sixcatacombs, each for a single coffin,which are closely sealed up afteran interment. Tlie entrance gate-way to Forest Hills Cemetery isa uni(|ue and striking structureof Roxbury stone and Caledoniafreestone. The inscription uponthe face of the outer gatewayis,— I AM THE RESUKKEC
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