The remaining entrance on South 10th Street was accessible when I took this photo seven years ago.
Woodland Cemetery, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey Entrance at South 10th Street 9 June 2006 |
Now the entrance is blocked by a tree.
Woodland Cemetery Entrance at South 10th Street 16 April 2013 |
Old entrance at Rose Street by corner of Rose Terrace/Chadwick Avenue, right off Bergen Street. 9 June 2006 |
Current condition of Rose Street entrance. |
This was beautiful once. |
Me at Woodland in 2012. Photo by J Wertz. |
This is sad that a cemetery has been allowed to decay over the years. This is not an isolated story.
Unfortunately Jody, it's not an isolated story. We have a family member, you may know him, Glen Pierce who is currently at Hillside Cemetery trying to get it into a decent shape again after many years of neglect. If a LOT of people could spend 2 hours a week at the cemetery doing something, anything, it can be saved. Such a shame that our ancestors not only died, but we're losing what remains of them and the stories they tell. :(
ReplyDeleteOMG. How sad!
ReplyDeleteI saw something like this about ten years ago at Glenside Cemetery in New York Mills. My son and I were looking for the grave of my grandmother, and it took us hours because grass and weeds had overgrown around the gravestones. It was such a dishonor to those buried there. Then, two years ago I visited the same cemetery and it was beautiful. The township had taken it over, and the grass was mowed meticulously. I was able to find my grandmother right away as well as many other ancestors.
I hope the community can pitch in and return Woodland Cemetery to its former beauty.