E. Sachse & Co.'s bird's eye view of the Green Mount Cemetery (1869)

ID: 204 ~ Source: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division, g3844b pm002540 ~ Creator: E. Sachse & Co. ~ Date: 1869
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E. Sachse & Co.'s bird's eye view of the Green Mount Cemetery (1869)

Drawing taken from the large and comprehensive E. Sachse & Co.'s bird's eye view of the city, this perspective map shows Green Mount Cemetery in 1869 (not drawn to scale).

This file appears in: Green Mount Cemetery

By Nathan Dennies
Officially dedicated on July 13, 1839 and born out of the garden cemetery movement, Green Mount Cemetery is one of the first garden cemeteries created in the United States. After seeing the beautiful Mount Auburn Cemetery in Connecticut in 1834,…