Posted November 7, 200618 yr In 1846 when this was a farm on the outskirts of Detroit, a group of gentleman formed a corporation and purchased the land for use as a public cemetery. The trustees patterned the grounds after Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and utilized the ides of the famous nineteenth century landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted. Parent's Creek, renamed Bloody Run after the battle fought between Pontiac and the British in 1763, serves as the focus in the informal country garden landscape. Albert and Octavius Jordon designed the handsome Gothic Revival chapel, which opened for services in 1856. The chapel's limestone walls blend into the natural ravine and tree-shaded paths. Famous people buried here include General Russell Ager, geologist Douglass Houghton, and Territorial Governor Lewis Cass. Today was a really crappy day for pictures in Motown. It was raining all morning. I went to the cemetery yesterday but when I got out my camera to start snapping pictures I realized I forgot my memory card at home! A lot of my pics turned out like crap because of the rain but I will be going back sometime and I can get some more pics then.
November 7, 200618 yr The colors in your shots are just perfect for a cemetery. Glad to see Detroit is more concerned with protecting their streetlights than allowing one to see the entrance sign.
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November 7, 200618 yr The colors in your shots are just perfect for a cemetery. Glad to see Detroit is more concerned with protecting their streetlights than allowing one to see the entrance sign. Detroit's infamous light pole "shrouds": http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=8614
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