- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Westview Receiving Vault
- Creator:
- Hadaway, Charles T.
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1950
- Subject:
- Cemeteries--Georgia--Atlanta
Mausoleums--Georgia--Atlanta
Historical markers--Georgia--Atlanta
Westview Cemetery (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Westview Drive, 33.7398293, -84.4415955
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- 1888, Westview Receiving Vault, Built in 1888 when the cemetery was 4 years old. Dimensions: Length, 25 Feet; Width, 30 Feet; Height, 18 Feet; Normal Capacity: 36. Until the early 20th Century, roads through the cemetery were often impassable in winter. When ice, snow, and mud bogged down the horse-drawn hearse, it was here that the casket was kept until weather permitted interment. Great service to the community was rendered by this vault during the winter of 1917-1918 when Atlanta's influenza epidemic claimed hundreds of lives. Victims were brought here awaiting burial. This vault was permanently sealed in 1945 because of the availability of thousands of crypts in Westview Abbey-Mausoleum.
View of the inscribed tablet on the receiving vault at Westview Cemetery on Westview Drive in Atlanta, Georgia.
vault; tablet; marker; inscription; westview; cemetery; - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.3763.001
ahc1703763001a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/2094
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 8 x 10 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
