Forest Lawn Cemetery - Table of Contents
Walden-Myer Mausoleum
Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, NY
Architect: Richard A. Waite
Forest Lawn Cemetery - Table of Contents
Walden-Myer Mausoleum
Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, NY
Architect: Richard A. Waite
TEXT Beneath Illustrations
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Ebenezer
Walden |
Romanesque Revival mausoleum |
According to the Maine Granite |
Romanesque Revival entrance |
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Paterae in arch |
Squat Romanesque Revival columns; monumental acanthus leaves |
Acanthus leaves |
Chevron; Romanesque Revival capitals |
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Rear view |
The giant globe, which symbolizes God's sovereignty over heaven and earth. |
Rear |
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Gen. Albert Myer |
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The Walden-Myer Mausoleum, Section X, contains the families of Ebenezer Walden (Buffalo's first lawyer, a Buffalo judge, mayor, and real estate developer) and his son-in-law, Albert James Myer (1829-1880).
Prognosticating the weather was a novel thing in the middle 1800s, but Brigadier General Myer did it so successfully that he founded the U,S Weather Bureau He also invented the wig-wag signal system and became the first commander of the Army Signal Corp.
The National Weather Service, Buffalo, New York, is located in the General Albert J. Myer forecast facility on Aero Drive adjacent to the Buffalo-Niagara International Airport.
Fort Myer, VA, is named after Myer; a ship is named after him
Excerpt from The Story of the Signal Corps
The ability to communicate rapidly on the battlefield and with higher headquarters -- anticipating radio in the Twentieth Century -- came about through the ingenuity, vision, and persistence of one man, Albert James Myer of New York. A pre-Civil War assistant surgeon in the army, Myer became the world's first signal officer in 1860.
Simple in concept (a single flag waved to the left or right; torches at night), the Myer system was cheap, easily manufactured or even improvised, and could be carried by a single man. Using elevations that afforded extended line-of-sight (a hillock, tree, steeple or cupola, or a tower for the purpose), signaling was practicable over distances of ten miles or more in good visibility, and could be extended through relays to create networks.
Sources:
- "A Field Guide to Forest Lawn Cemetery"
- "Forest Lawn Cemetery: Buffalo History Preserved." Richard O. Reisem, ed. Pub. by Forest Lawn Heritage Foundation, 1996
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