Lake View Cemetery, 12316 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland; 1901. Neoclassical.

Exterior: Columns and the upper portion of the exterior are made of a light gray Barre Granite appropriately named Light Barre, from the Barclay Quarry just southeast of Barre, Vermont. Barre Granite is technically a granodiorite. Barre Granite is durable and has a slight resemblance to marble when seen at a distance; however, when seen close up, this stone can be easily distinguished from marble, as it is speckled with dark minerals. The stone for the exterior walls is laid in courses. The lower portion of the building is Gray Canyon sandstone (Berea Sandstone) quarried in the are of South Amherst, Ohio, also set in courses. The name derives from the large "canyon" quarry in Amherst. The sandstone blocks are rock faced. The Berea Sandstone blocks were cleaned in the 1990s.

Interior: The wainscoting is white Georgia marble. True marble also lines the walls on the lower level, beneath the chapel proper. Railings, candle sticks, and light fixtures at the north end of the building are alabaster. The mosaic flooring, said to represent flowing water, is made of tesserae of white marble, green serpentinite, black limestone, possibly Belgian Black marble, and glass.

References: Dale, 1909, p. 68.

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