Clevelands Lake View Cemetery

Posted on 04 September 2017 by Marian J. Morton

Cleveland s Lake View Cemetery reveals the profound effects the cemetery and the City of Cleveland had on one another Founded in 1869, this garden cemetery served as an escape and a model for Cleveland parks and suburbs, such as University Circle, Little Italy, East Cleveland, and Cleveland Heights Lake View is home to cultural, economic, and political leaders and thousands of others from all classes, races, and religions This rich diversity is manifested in the natural and man made landscape, which features the President James Garfield Monument, the Wade Chapel, and the John D Rockefeller obelisk. Download Clevelands Lake View Cemetery – kino-fada.fr This is a terrific book about Cleveland, Ohio s, historic Lake View Cemetery The book is typical of those issued by Arcadia Publishing A local writer or historian writes the text, there are 180 to 240 black and white photographs with captions, and the book is limited to 128 pages.In this case, Arcadia landed a real author Marian Morton, a professor of history at Case Western Reserve University Dr Morton specializes in the history of Cleveland, and this is her third book with Arcadia Press a This is a terrific book about Cleveland, Ohio s, historic Lake View Cemetery The book is typical of those issued by Arcadia Publishing A local writer or historian writes the text, there are 180 to 240 black and white photographs with captions, and the book is limited to 128 pages.In this case, Arcadia landed a ...Morton s book does a great job of introducing an unfamiliar visitor to the cemetery She introduces the important permanent residents with an appropriate amount of information, then focuses on the lovely and unusual statuary in the cemetery s permanent collection She includes Cleveland area history, illustrated with just the right number of vintage photographs She discusses the varieti...More of a 2.5,solid history of the historic Lake View Cemetery but dry and dated when it comes to themodern photographs Did lead me to look up a few words describing cemetery settings and art.Didn t make Daffodil Days 2015, still hoping to get there to check out the historic places soon Th...Another fascinating read loved discoveringabout the history of this interesting city and would love to take a tour of this cemetery, soonA fascinating book about Cleveland s most interesting cemetery where many famous Clevelanders are buried including John D Rockefeller and Former President James A Garfield.

English
04 September 2017

Marian J. Morton