The Odd Fellows' Cemetery is situated on Islington Lane, near the Ridge Road, about two miles from the northern boundary of the city proper. It contains thirty-two acres, and is intersected by spacious avenues of from fifteen to thirty feet in width, well graded. A substantial stone wall, surmounted by a neat iron railing, has been erected along the entire front. The first interment was made on the 5th of May, 1849. The Cemetery is under the management of the Order whose name it bears.
The buildings of which the above is a correct and beautiful view, are located in the centre of the ground, fronting on the Lane. They are of brown stone, in the Egyptian style of architecture. The centre building, surmounted by a tower eighty-one feet high, is designed for a chapel, with offices and ample apartments for the residence of the superintendent; the wings are used for carriage ways and entrances for foot passengers.
These beautiful and appropriate buildings were designed and erected under the superintendence of Hoxie and Button, architects.
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