Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2014, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Forest Lawn: It's history, dedications, progress, regulations, names of lot holders, etc. pub. Thomas, Howard & Johnson, Buffalo, N.Y.; 1867 [9-11] THE FIRST FOREST LAWN CEMETERY The grounds in this cemetery embrace about eighty acres. They were purchased in 1849, by Mr. CHARLES E. CLARKE, of the REV. JAMES N. GRANGER, and his brother, Mr. WARREN GRANGER. The price paid was $1.50 per acre. They comprise a part of the "GRANGER Farm," are located on the north-east side of Kenjocketa Creek, between Delaware and Main streets, and are about two miles and a half from the center of the city of Buffalo, although they are within its limits, as recently enlarged. The grounds form a bluff, or high table, and are nearly surrounded on the south and west by Kenjocketa Creek. They contain about equal quantities of forest and lawn: hence their name, "Forest Lawn." They are beautifully variegated; a series of knolls extending from the south-easterly bounds, nearly parallel with the creek, to the north- westerly corner of the grounds. Between this and the creek is a margin of the most beautiful woodland, varying in width from five or six to fifteen rods. The underbrush and surplus trees have been cleared out, and the grounds seeded with white clover. They now present a beautiful wood lawn, and afford a grateful shade for visitors in warm weather. The improvements upon these grounds were commenced early in the spring of 1850, and have been prosecuted without any interruption since that period. They are enclosed with a good substantial picket fence, eight feet in height. Avenues have been opened through almost every part of them. About thirty acres have been graded, laid out into lots, and improved in the most tasteful and appropriate manner for purposes of sepulture. Large and convenient buildings have been erected at the entrance of the main avenue leading to the grounds, for the residence of the Superintendent, and for the accomodation of the laborers upon the grounds; also, a large Mausoleum, or receiving vault, capable of containing about sixty coffins, and a neat Gothic Cottage upon the grounds, for an office, and for the use of the sextons and persons who go to bury their dead in stormy or inclement weather. About five hundred lots have already been sold, and many of them improved in a manner highly creditable to the taste and liberality of the Proprietors. The grounds were dedicated to the burial of the dead, August 18, 1850. =========================================================================== If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access the more of our information about Erie County, N.Y., by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/ny/erie/ ===========================================================================