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Description
The Lake View Cemetery, founded in 1869, was modeled after the great garden cemeteries of Victorian England and France. Over 107,000 individuals are interred on the sprawling 285 acre expanse that is located four and one-half miles from Cleveland's Public Square. According to a Plain Dealer report in 1870, the cemetery was designed to combine all the attractive features that "nature and true art can produce" to harmonize nature's alphabet-"stone, earth, wood and water." The landscape was laid out with broad avenues and shady walks "near the fountains in view of many a rustic pile [edifice] and quiet grave and stately monument." The cemetery became the burial place for many of Cleveland's prominent citizens including James A. Garfield, John D. Rockefeller, and J.H. Wade.
Cleveland photographer Barney Taxel has spent over a decade, during all seasons, exploring the stunning landmark. The culmination of the personal project is this collection of over two hundred of his creations that reveal the spirit and essence of the Lake View Cemetery. Not only are famous images of the Garfield monument and the Wade Chapel captured, but so are the artistic splendors of the landscape, stonework, and memorials. To provide context, the book also includes a history of the Lake View Cemetery based on archival research.
ISBN
978-1-937378-70-7
Publication Date
Fall 10-1-2014
Publisher
University of Akron Press
City
Akron, Ohio
Keywords
Photography, Cleveland, Landscapes
Disciplines
Landscape Architecture | Photography
Recommended Citation
Taxel, Barney and Taxel, Laura, "The Lake View Cemetery: Photographs from Cleveland's Historic Landmark" (2014). University of Akron Press Publications. 190.
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