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Sunday, July 20, 2008
Friends of Mount Hope Cemetery annual field trip
You are invited to join other Friends of Mount Hope Cemetery on our annual field trip to visit interesting cemeteries in the area. We will depart from the south gate of Mount Hope (near the Distillery Restaurant) at 8:30 AM on Sunday, July 20. You may park on cemetery roads.
Our deluxe motor coach will take us to Fort Hill Cemetery, dedicated in 1852 (14 years after the dedication of Mt. Hope), which is a rural style cemetery--like the north part of Mount Hope. We will begin in the Silas L. Bradley Gothic Revival style chapel, then walk among the family plots of the Willards, Schweinfurths, Cases, Sewards and other historical notables, plus see interesting and unusual grave markers. The Fort Hill Cemetery is one of the best preserved fortified villages of the ancient Cayuga Indians.
After a picnic lunch (included) we will visit the Seward House which was owned and occupied by four generations of family members from 1816 to 1951. The latter is a mixture of Federal and Tuscan-style architecture surrounded by two acres of garden and trees. Its most famous inhabitant was William Seward, Secretary of State for President Abraham Lincoln. Our last stop will be the Willard Chapel built in 1892-1894. The interior of the Chapel was designed and handcrafted entirely by Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company including windows, Moorish styled chandeliers, glass mosaics tile, gilt bronze, furnishings of oak inlaid with metal and glass mosaic, a ceiling with gold leaf stencils and mosaic flooring.
We will be back at Mount Hope by 5:45 PM. This leaves the evening open for your usual wild Saturday night. To fully enjoy this tour you should be able to walk for two hours over uneven ground.
If you have questions about this trip, please email FOMH Trustee, Don Hall,
donh22@frontiernet.net Confirmation will come from Don via email (or telephone).
Full refunds will be available through July 7. After that, refunds will be made ONLY if we can replace you with another member from a waiting list. Fees not refunded may be considered a contribution to the FOMH.
To join us, please complete the form below and send it along with your check for $49 (covering all trip costs) to FOMH Trustee: Sally Millick, PO Box 572, Macedon, NY 14502.
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03 May 2008 by fomh
Restoration of Old Jewish Sections
Friends of Mount Hope Cemetery and Temple B’Rith Kodesh Join Together to Restore Two Old Jewish Sections of Mount Hope Cemetery.
A Mitzvah Day cleanup project organized by Reform synagogue Temple B’rith Kodesh led to a joint restoration project coordinated by Friends Board member, Earl Gurell. Section O, Lots 396 and 397 were the first public Jewish burial plots purchased in Rochester, New York by the Jewish community. The lots were purchased in April of 1848 and between that date and into the early 1870’s, 128 children and 15 adults were buried therein. The area was found to be in a state of neglect. Friends members as well as the Mt. Hope Cemetery staff, repaired and up-righted stones as well as assisting in the research required insuring a complete listing of burials.
While researching the Sec. O lots, another old section was discovered; the Jewish Poor Lot, a section whose existence was unknown to the Jewish community. Most of the burials were children who died of such illnesses as cholera, influenza and consumption. Only two individuals of the 85 children and 15 adults buried were memorialized by two small stones.
Mr. Gurell obtained donations from the community that resulted in the erection of memorial stones in each of the two areas. On August 12, 2007 a community dedication service, attended by over 75 people including one man who’s great, great grandfather was buried in Section O, was held at both locations.
03 Jan 2008 by fomh
