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Highland Park Press, 16 Dec 1926, p. 11

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RSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1926 granite, ig 35 ft. high, terly side of the archiâ€" ‘ OF ALMIGHTY GOD AVE PASSED THE UNâ€" This exceptionally artistic the center of the Masonhic . lons upon your great hore the finest place *, all signs of which f the earth in a few ‘ in the short period ect that I bought a Y five years lago. I was that he should METERY bit who eciation me although able to ue:t and buried his y létters) NT U veway, landscape THURSDAY,. DECEMBER 16, in comprehensive utility, and in cost of erection, THE TEMPLE in NORTH SHORE CEMETERY Will stand alone in Amgrican cemetery architecture. The exterior will be made of one of the best white granites, probably of Mt. Airy, in lgeeping with the granite in the Entrance pylons and in the Masonic Memorial. All interior walls will be reinforced conâ€" trete with white‘ marble facing, and the floors and ceilings will be of narble. The big entrance doors and the doors to all private rooms will be of massive bronze of the most modern and artistic designs. â€" The floor plan will be absolutely unique in mausolâ€" éum architecture, as the building will be in the form of an immense cross and every room will have a flood of daylight through cathedral glass windows. The great dome will be about. 40 feet across at the base and from the dome four marble and bronze corâ€" ridors will extend. Both sides of each corridor will be composed of private rooms or family mausoleums. The first floor (or "basement") will be three feet below grade. On this floor will be lqcated the cemeâ€" + r ® i . n ‘The TEMPLE will be the next step forward at NORTH SHORE CEMETERY. In the meantime lots are being purchased by people from every direction. are being sold by ones, twos, threes and even in blocks of nli as every sensible person must be aware that the prices must necessarily be advanced from to time until they are on a par with prices in force in less desirable Chicago cemeteries. As a result of the high grade quality of the development work and the low prices adhered to, the common LsfltTkhol‘Qers‘ha‘Ye not’;‘ recs ve? al d(i.llarj*{or dmd,:nds: ‘Natuf‘al!y t}‘x.is é?-ngnt continue indefinitely. Agreements have latély T EL CPULLECAL CXE :WC y 10 GEECRE : MRA TE Ece s D C ES "hal Phogies oo d oiget etg is uk o ; k sP rom dare, OmA e ie Tnet vol l e e nuccy. neiaiectanai tuircds n eC betutaivaatiioataiintrtcrintiihy Ailbctie brivibsinatatiin en ts ctnatnedinctctstcmmiatictintet® i 4A m 2 COIRRTCALUS b signequor the development of a new section to be used exclusively for the members of a certain church denomination, and the Jengine‘ém are at :t;:k“onm-’ lot plan. Negotiations are under way fpr.a section for another numerous and prosperous sect and also for a section for another fraternal order. Of course deâ€" nominational and fraternal sections will be under the sole cQttr‘pl and care of the management, in common with the rest of the Cemetery. CR KV . s mt Post office address, North Chica;go Telephone No«th Chicago 4203; Wa j The management will be pleased to confer and advise with yisitors about any phase of this importan ject t ransportation betw Chicago :gations and the Cemetery Ft all timés upon request by telephone. > of thig important SubJGCt ?at any.Lunes AFree M Cen NP"th In imposing dignity of| external appearance, in conâ€" - pe fxtruction which will wfthstand the ravages of time, Extract From A Letter Of A Well Known North Shore Citizen After having a private view of the large water color drawing of "THE TEMPLE" to be erected in the conspicuous position reâ€" ‘served for it in FIQRTH' SHORE CEMETERY I am Fleased to know that I own five lots in a section just acrox;s an l&pfo:;t driveâ€" way from the Temf)le site, one for private uge and four to be transferred to others a few years hence, when all lots in that loâ€" cality have been sold by the company. I have travelled much and have viewed memorials and memorial buildings everywhere I have gone, and I am sure this building will be in a class by itself and will be the climax of all your good work in %RTE:HORE CEMI%TERY, unless I\?rou have something still greater in mind for a future surprise. You have created a new era in human sepulâ€" ture in this region, No longer will it be respectable fmigpeople who ride in automobiles to dump their dead in unkempt and temâ€" porary places, especially as prices in NORTH SHORE are only oneâ€"third of the prices being received every day %ty Chicago cemeteries which are very much inferior. || | \ f - . o Be Erected In North Shore Cemetery ago, Illinois; Telephone North Chicago 1067 during business hours and North Chicago 4101 evenings Waék'egan Flower Shop Telephone Waukegan 4586. : : : (oa. | . 4 Aope THE TEMPLE great. dome on the second floor, means being proâ€" vided for shutting off the four corridors during any services in the chapel. The niches in the cirecumferâ€" ence of the chapel will be occupied by rare specimens of the sculptor‘s art appropriate for such a setting, whilé the interior walls of the chapel and dome wil} be hung with suitable paintings. f 4 The four corridors extending from the dome on the second and third floors will have private family rooms only. Each room will be finished in marble and the entrance to each will be through bronze doors or gates. | : j In the ?_ortion of the dome above the roof a grand chime of bells will be installed and whenever a funâ€" eral ¢ortege reaches the outer end of the main driveâ€" way +â€" whether going to a grave or to the Temple â€" appropriate music will begin and will continue until the last word is spoken at the grave or until the funeral group enters the Temple. "Of course this musi¢t from the chimes may be omitted by request. tery receiving vault, a crematory, ‘a columbarium and & large number of single crypts. The richly finâ€" ished chapel, with builtâ€"in organ, will be under the THE HIGHLAND PARK PRESS, HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS i i*x un T FEMPLE. » North norne CEMmETERY mornings: Greenhouse â€" PAGE ELEVEN 42 i4 4+

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