Ferncliff Cemetery administration building   Save
Ohio Guide Collection
Description: The back of the photo reads, "Administration Building, Ferncliff Cemetery, overlooking main entrance to cemetery at W. McCreight Ave., is a limestone building of Gothic design, its interior Old English in decoration, which houses the offices, and contains all cemetery records and plats.". The Ferncliff Cemetery & Arboretum was started in 1863 and consists of 70-acres. The cemetery has kept detailed records of over 66,000 burials that have taken place here. Visitors may also take a tour of the arboretum which contains over 50 different species of trees. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F05_027_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project; Ferncliff Cemetery (Springfield, Ohio); Arboretum; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works., Gothic--Pictorial works; Springfield (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)