History:

A Short History of Forest Lawn Cemetery

Forest Lawn and Hollywood

Cemetery Symbols Found in Forest Lawn Cemetery Illustrations, symbolism

Leaders of the Pan-American Exposition Buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York List; biographical notes; some links

List of Lot Holders, 1867

Hannah Beckman, Forest lawn Cemetery History

Tara Schwendner, Forest Lawn Cemetery

Patrick Kavanagh, Women in Forest Lawn Lawn Cemetery

William Hodge, "Buffalo Cemeteries." Read before the Buffalo Historical Society, February 4, 1879 Discusses major cemeteries of the day

Katherine M. Kopp, City of Buffalo Cemeteries. Description of cemeteries

Lalli & Rote, Forest Lawn Cemetery

National Register of Historic Places: New York - Erie County List

Mausoleums: Blue Sky Mausoleum Burgess-Little Mausoleum Butler Mausoleum Buswell-Hochstetter Mausoleum Depew Mausoleum Good Mausoleum Goodyear (Frank) Mausoleum Hewitt Mausoleum Kellner Mausoleum Knox Mausoleum Laub Mausoleum Letchworth-Skinner Mausoleum Little - Burgess Mausoleum Mark (Mitchel H) Mausoleum Martin (Blue Sky) Mausolem Myer Mausoleum Oberkircher Mausoleum Pierce (George) Mausoleum Ryley Mausoleum Stachura Mausoleum Steuernagel Mausoleum Vars Mausoleum Walden Mausoleum Willams-Pratt Mausoleum

Monuments: Adam, (Robert B.) Monument Albright Monument Allen Monument Basil Brothers Monument Becker Monument Bell Monument Bennett Monument Berlin (Dorothy Goetz) Monument Birge Monument Blocher Monument Boasberg (Al) Monument Carrier Monument Cary, George Monument Caudell Monument Chisholm Monument Cornelius (Jessica Brown, Countess of Northesk) Monument Crane Monument Dart Monument DeForest Monument Fargo Monument Fassett Monument Fillmore (Millard) Monument Fryer Monument Fuqua Monument Gilbert Monument Goodyear (Charles) Monument Grader Monument Granger Monument Gratwick Monument Green (Anna Katherine "Kitty," Rohlfs) Monument Hamlin Monument Hengerer Monument Howard Monument James Monument Jewett Monument Johnson (Pete) Monument Kleinhans Monument Lansing Monument Larkin Monument Love, Maria Maltby Monument Martin Monument McNulty Monument Oishei Bell / St. Joseph's Carillon Parker Monument Phelps Monument by Forest Lawn - Click on "Maps" Pierce (Dr. Ray V.) Monument Pratt (Pascal Paoli) Monument Pratt (Samuel F.) Monument Rand Monument Red Jacket Monument Richmond (Jewett M.) Monument Rogers Monument Rohlfs Monument Roos Monument Rumsey Monuments St. John, Margaret Monument Scherbatow Monument Schoellkopf (Jacob F.) Monument Schoellkopf (Paul) Monument Scherbatow, Prince Kyril of Russia Southwich (Alfred P ) Monument Sidway (Charlotte Spaulding) Monument Sidway (Franklin) Monument Sidway (Frank St. John) Monument Sidway (James) Monument Sidway (Jonathan) Monument Sidway (Ralph H.) Monument Silverthorne (Asa K.) Monument Spaulding Monument Spaulding Veterans of the Battle of Bunker Hill Cenotaph Streeter Monument Talbert Monument - Gravestone Talbert Monument - Plaque Thomas Monument Tracy Monument Waite Monument Weber Monument Welch Monument

Forest Lawn Co. structures and sites: Entrance Gate, Delaware and W. Delavan Avenues Entrance Gate, Main and W. Delavan Avenues Administration Building Chapel/Columbarium/Crematorium Gothic Revival Superintendent's House Oishei Bell Triple-Arch Bridge Mirror Lake: The Three Graces statue Verdi statue ------------ Buffalo Cremation Co. / Forest Lawn Cremation Co.

Definitions: Cenotaph: An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who is buried elsewhere. Crypt: An underground vault or chamber, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place Headstone: A memorial stone set at the head of a grave; usually vertical Ledger-stone: Flat slab covering the entire grave Markers: Flat memorials also known as grass markers or flush markers Mausoleum: A large stately tomb or building housing such a tomb or several tombs; usually small copies of classical or Egyptian temples or Gothic chapels (83 private mausoleums at Forest Lawn) Memorial: A monument intended to celebrate or honor the memory of a person or event Monument: A structure, such as a building or sculpture, erected as a memorial; marker; tombstone Sarcophagus: Aboveground richly decorated stone container for one coffin or more (24 total at Forest Lawn) Tomb: A vault or chamber for burial of the dead Tombstone: A gravestone

See also:

• Photo of actress Margo Davis in her role as Louise Blanchard Bethune in a 2002 Forest Lawn Cemetery guided tour
  
  
• Montparnasse Cemetery in Paris, France Photos
  
  
• Olympia Cemetery in Olympia, Greece Photos