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*A beautiful memorial chapel and conservatory, erected in 1894, by Walter Scott Dickson in memory of his wife, is located here. Dickson Chapel is a High Victorian Gothic work of architecture, made with light-brown granite with trim of olive stone. | *A beautiful memorial chapel and conservatory, erected in 1894, by Walter Scott Dickson in memory of his wife, is located here. Dickson Chapel is a High Victorian Gothic work of architecture, made with light-brown granite with trim of olive stone. | ||
*A Civil War Memorial sits on the Appleton Street side of the cemetery, placed here by the Sons of Veterans in 1886. Erected and dedicated by Lieut. Col. Henry Merritt. | *A Civil War Memorial sits on the Appleton Street side of the cemetery, placed here by the Sons of Veterans in 1886. Erected and dedicated by Lieut. Col. Henry Merritt. | ||
*F. Carroll Sargent, noted arborist, brought many varieties of trees and shrubs from all over North America, China, Japan, Europe, Manchuria, Siberia and Korea to plant at the cemetery. | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
*"Life among the dead" ''Salem Evening News'', June 30,1989 p.1 | *"Life among the dead" ''Salem Evening News'', June 30,1989 p.1 | ||
*"Trees of spring" ''Salem Evening News'', March 24, 1990 p.1. | *"Trees of spring" ''Salem Evening News'', March 24, 1990 p.1. | ||
*[http://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/2264429?locg=63 Architecture in Salem] by Bryant F. Tolles, p. 270-1 (Dickson Chapel) | *[http://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/2264429?locg=63 Architecture in Salem] by Bryant F. Tolles, p. 270-1 (Dickson Chapel) | ||
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*Vertical File in Salem Collection - '''Civil War Monuments''' | *Vertical File in Salem Collection - '''Civil War Monuments''' | ||
[[Category: Browse Index]] | [[Category: Browse Index]] | ||
[[Category: Cemeteries]] | [[Category: Cemeteries]] | ||
Revision as of 13:27, 22 February 2013
- This city cemetery is bounded by Orne and Appleton Streets and Liberty Hill Avenue. This cemetery, started in 1807, is also an arboretum and within its approximately 100 acres more than 200 species of trees thrive.
- A beautiful memorial chapel and conservatory, erected in 1894, by Walter Scott Dickson in memory of his wife, is located here. Dickson Chapel is a High Victorian Gothic work of architecture, made with light-brown granite with trim of olive stone.
- A Civil War Memorial sits on the Appleton Street side of the cemetery, placed here by the Sons of Veterans in 1886. Erected and dedicated by Lieut. Col. Henry Merritt.
- F. Carroll Sargent, noted arborist, brought many varieties of trees and shrubs from all over North America, China, Japan, Europe, Manchuria, Siberia and Korea to plant at the cemetery.
See Also
- "Life among the dead" Salem Evening News, June 30,1989 p.1
- "Trees of spring" Salem Evening News, March 24, 1990 p.1.
- Architecture in Salem by Bryant F. Tolles, p. 270-1 (Dickson Chapel)
- Merritt Camp Civil War Memorial Smithsonian Institute Catalog.
- Vertical File in Salem Collection - Cemeteries
- Vertical File in Salem Collection - Civil War Monuments
