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Title: Sights in Boston and suburbs, or, Guide to the stranger
Year: 1856 (1850s)
Authors: Pulsifer, David, 1802-1894 Andrew, John, 1815-1875, egr. Billings, Hammatt, 1818-1875, egr. Hill George W., 1815-1893, egr. Barry, egr.
Subjects: Boston (Mass.)--Guidebooks Boston (Mass.)--History Boston (Mass.)--Public buildings Railroads--Massachusetts--Boston Railroads--Massachusetts--Boston--Stations Cemeteries--Massachusetts--Boston Boston Harbor Islands (Mass.)--Description Churches--Massachusetts--Boston Historic buildings--Massachusetts--Boston Theatres--Massachusetts--Boston Associations, institutions, etc.--Massachusetts--Boston Travel literature--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century Guidebooks--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century Advertisements--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century
Publisher: John P. Jewett & Co. Jewett, Proctor & Worthington
Contributing Library: Elms College
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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28, 1848. The gateway and lodges are built of wood, painted andsanded in imitation of Jersey sandstone. There are other entrances on the southern and easternsides of the cemetery. On the southern side the cemeterygrounds do not extend to any public street, but an avenuethirty-three feet wide is laid out from Walk Hill Street to the boundary of the cemetery, where there is an entrancethrough a gate supported by Egyptian piers. This avenueis shaded on each side by thickly-growing evergreens, andfrom \t the visitor enters at once upon one of the mostbeautiful parts of the cemetery. From the main entrance three avenues diverge towardsdifferent parts of the cemetery, that on the right, however,being designed to open into lands which have not yet been 204 SUBURBAN SIGHTS. added to the grounds. Chestnut Avenue, which leads to the left, passes over a gentle elevation, and thence throughthe vale of Lake Dell towards Consecration Hill. On theright, hand of this avenue, before reaching Lake Dell,
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rises a rocky eminence, called Snowfialce Cliff, from abeautiful wild plant which grows at its base. From thesummit of this rock there is a beautiful view of the village FOREST HILLS CEMETERY. 205 of Jamaica Plain, and of the wooded hills of Brooklineand the country beyond. Lake Dell is a natural pool, thickly overshadowed bytrees which grow from its banks. On either side an ave-nue is laid out, and from these the wooded hills rise, en-closing a most quiet and beautiful dell, suggesting thename of the pond. From the eastern end of Lake Dell, Magnolia Avenueleads to the summit of Consecration Hill, which rises inan angle of the cemetery, and touches its northern andeastern boundaries. As its name indicates, the consecra-tion services were performed here, at the foot of its south-ern slope, while the audience which was gathered there onthat day were ranged upon the hill side. ConsecrationHill, is one of the highest of the Forest Hills, and fromits summit is a beautiful prospect. Through

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