History of Oakland County Michigan a narrative account of its historic progress, its people, its principal interests / compiled from the official records of the county, the newspapers and data of personal interviews, under the editorial supervision of Thaddeus D. Seeley.

HISTORY OF OAKLAND COUNTY

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and meets on the second and fourth Tuesday in each month in Storz
hall.
URBAN REST AND FERNDALE
About a mile southeast of the village limits of Royal Oak are two
pretty suburbs, or summer resorts, by these names. The former lies
partly in the southeast quarter of section 27 and partly in the southwest
quarter of section 26, and adjoins Ferndale to the southwest, which is
in the northeast quarter of section 34 on the Detroit United Railway.
Quite a collection of pretty cottages has been built within the past few
years, the owners including several citizens from Detroit and Pontiac.
ROSELAND PARK CEMETERY
Roseland Park Cemetery, rapidly developing into a beautiful home
for the dead and a charming and restful breathing spot for the living,
is located at the northwest corner of Woodward avenue and the Twelve
Mile road, Royal Oak township. It was originally a part of the estate
of John Benjamin and was purchased in May, I9o8. The cemetery is
about equidistant from the city hall in Pontiac and that of Detroit and,
lying as it does along Woodward avenue, is in direct line with the center
of growth from either direction, and is readily reached by electric transportation.
Looking up the central esplanade, which is a concrete roadway, from
the main entrance, there is a gentle rise to the undulating ground back
as far as the northwestern boundary and the landscape artist has taken
advantage of this to make the prospect one of beauty from any point
of view. Next the central driveway on either side is a row of low growing trees and shrubbery; a little farther stands a row of a class that
develop to greater size and still farther representatives of the tallest varieties, and the effect of the crescent sweep of foliage from the
tops of the tallest trees on one side down to the driveway and up to
the tops of the farthest row on the other side is decidedly creditable to
the landscape artist. The planting plan throughout is a systematic attempt to express similar appreciation of beautiful natural details and
the result as a whole is a harmonious, restful blending of art and nature
singularly appropriate to a park of final rest.
The cemetery gates, twenty-five feet high and six feet square at the
base, are of white Barre granite, and present both a beautiful and imposing appearance. The entrance as a whole represents an expenditure
of $20,00o. The public mausoleum is of reinforced concrete construction and is one of the largest in the country; further, the park cemetery
has complete water works and sewerage systems.
The authorized capital of the association is $300,000. Its stockholders comprise nearly four hundred well known people, with the following
officers: De Witt H. Taylor, president; Dr. Angus McLean, vice president; A. A. Hare, secretary; Horatio S. Earle, treasurer; and J. A.
Wendorph, superintendent.