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Mount Hope Cemetery Local Designation Application: Photos from Mount Hope Cemetery Above: Public entrance along Fayetteville Street Above: Picture taken facing slightly North West Above: Pegues headstone, facing North Above: Headstone of Blanche Henry Pitts. (Note: This monument was repositioned and restored after the picture was been taken.) Above: Picture taken facing East Above: Tate family Archway inside Mount Hope Cemetery (SOUTHWEST SECTION) 98 BACKSIDE SECTION THE FLATS 100 99 UPPER FLATS 122 106-111 112 113 105 104 114 103 101 102 96 95 A 121 94 97 Elm Avenue 75 74 Chavis Avenue 71 K J 69 70 68 67 73 72 Prospect Avenue Prospect 66 I SOUTHEAST SECTION Maple Avenue Oak 64 65 63 Chavis Avenue Chavis 62 Parking D H URFE 60 Avenue 61 58 Avenue Office 93 57 Crescent Y 40 59 117 41 F G S PIPELINE SECTION 56 E N 39 Avenue Chavis 53 55 C 38 52 92 E T Central Avenue 91 I 37 O 90 34 35 36 48-51 54 N 32 89 33 31 30 88 28 29 27 86 87 26 B 119 47 D 24 25 20-23 85 46 C 84 14 15 16 17 19 45 13 18 44 83 12 42 43 116 11 118 Chavis Avenue 9-10 5-8 82 4 80 81 3 2 120 1 Fayetteville Road 76 77 78 Entrance 79 M Notable Burial Plots and Monuments Section B 38 M. Norfleet Dunston, Sr. 66 Locklear Plot 96 Lucinda Edwards 1 Laura Roacher 39 Sarah J. Kennedy 67 Lucille M. Hunter 97 Willie Jones 2 Ford Family Plot 40 John O’Kelly, Sr. 68 W. Rendell Hunter 3 Ella Warlick 41 Anna M. Foster O’Kelly 69 Uninscribed 1926 Backside Addition 4 Austin Jeffreys 70 Judie Dunn 98 Edward Tate 5 Jim Hill Section C 71 Rufus Hinton, Gaynelle Haywood 99 James Gordon Taylor 6 Phylis Walker 42 George L. Lane & Matthew Burns 100 Mildred Otey Taylor 7 Jane Walker 43 Love Family Plot 72 Herman Beasley 101 Bishop Eli Ratcliff, Sr. 8 Mily Alexander 44 Uninscribed 73 McIntyre Family Plot 102 Graham Crews 9 Blanche Pitts 45 Uninscribed 74 Ellen Garrett 103 York M. Davis 10 William Henry Pitts 46 Jennie Johnson 75 George Fleming, Barbara Fleming, 104 James E. Strickland & Juanita Strickland 11 Hattie Tucker Phillips 47 Pegues Family Monument Allen Fleming, Tad Fleming, 105 W.J. Hart 12 Sarah Dawson Francis McLaurin 106 Rt. Rev. Henry Beard Delany, D.D. 13 Hannah Litchford Section E 107 Nanny J. Delany 14 Hannah Stanley Haywood 48 Lightner Family Plot Sections M, D 108 Sarah “Sadie” L. Delany 15 William Mack Smith 49 Calvin E. Lightner 76 Sallie A. Mial 109 Annie E. Delany, D.D.S. 16 William Davis 50 Clarence E. Lightner 77 Lucille A. Grant Haywood 110 Lemuel T. Delany, M.D. 17 Pauline A. Bunn 51 Daphney Lightner 78 Louisa Nichols 111 Henry B. Delany, Jr., D.D.S. 18 Jane Thomas 52 William Henry Fuller 79 Mack Smith 112 Bettie Walker 19 James N. Scott 80 Cassia Lee Perry & Stephen Perry 113 Ann Woodson 20 John Walcott Kay, M.D. Section F 81 Ernestine Perry 114 Leonidas Frazier 21 Willie Otey Kay 53 Martha Yancy 82 Jones Family Plot 115 Charles Albert “Doll” Haywood 22 Chloe Otey 83 G.W. Hawkins & Annie Hawkins Section G 23 Wm. G. Otey 84 Uninscribed 1945 Pipeline Section 54 Thomas Taylor 24 Illegible 85 Jennie Rochelle 116 Bessie Lawson & Binion Lawson 55 Infant Turner 25 Illegible 86 Laura Anderson 117 Harvaleigh Monte Rivera White & 56 Nancy Turner 26 Julia Williams John Owen White South side of Chavis Avenue 118 Helen Olivia Starks 27 Thomas Price Section H-K 28 Ethel Hamlin Rogers 87 Nelson Lane 57 Henrietta Jones 88 Stephen Borner Durfey Section 29 James E. Hamlin 58 Maria Wynn 30 Infant White 89 Borner Family Plot 119 Lawrence & Ellean Cheek 59 Rev. Samuel Allen 90 Maggie C. Davidson Alston 120 Dr. John Plummer 31 Capehart Family Plot 60 Amanda Alston 32 Rachel Shipp 91 Manassa T. Pope 61 Jennie Locklayer The Flats Section 33 Rosa Shipp 92 Uninscribed 62 Illegible 121 Leonard W. Ligon 34 Adaline Mitchell 93 Lucy E. Sanders 63 Samuel Drake & Sarah Johnson 122 Dr. Nelson Lloyd Perry 35 Charles A. Dunston, D.D.S. 64 Eld. M.C. Wilders & Section A 36 Ann Bembry Nancy Wilders 37 Sophia Lee 94 W.H. Matthews Mausoleum 65 Lougenia Fike 95 Dr. N.L. Edwards Historic Cemeteries Advisory Board Landscape Committee March 13, 2017 Landscape Guiding Principles and Concepts for Mt. Hope Cemetery GUIDING PRINCIPLES A. Random Planting of Trees: Mt. Hope Cemetery features a picturesque or garden plan. Its design is very similar to the slightly earlier Oakwood Cemetery, with the exception that Oakwood is lushly planted with trees and shrubs. Mt. Hope probably had some trees on site when it was laid out that were not removed when the cemetery was established. It also may have had a small number of trees planted as part of a planned landscape. An early plan of the cemetery showing the layout and plantings has not been found. Aerial photos from various time periods and an existing map dated 1994 show trees throughout the site. Many were lost as a result of Hurricane Fran (1996), an ice storm (2002) and the 2011 tornado. The committee recognizes that some trees and other plants may have volunteered and were allowed to grow. Historically there were a small number of random trees planted as “memorial trees.” There was not a plan executed that provided for a formal planting of trees within the cemetery. The intention is to introduce a small number of random trees for shade and comfort in locations that can be confirmed as unencumbered by graves and where doing so will not damage cemetery structures. The period of significance for Mt. Hope Cemetery (1872-1952) should be considered in the selection of tree species for planting. Recommendations from the Chicora Report will be reviewed for additional guidance. B. Screen Plantings along Cemetery Boundaries: Much of the existing Photinia screen along Prospect Street and the corner Fayetteville Street and Prospect is dead or in decline. This planting has provided visual separation from the adjacent residential properties and privacy for families during funerals. Recommendation is to remove all Photinia, grind stumps and replace via an approved planting plan. A few large Cryptomeria and a line of Chinese Elm are also planted along Prospect St. These trees should be protected and preserved. It is recommended that the Urban Forester be consulted on tree varieties and planting scheme. It is also recommended that the property line be surveyed to confirm if some the existing planting is on the public right-of-way. A variety of evergreen shrubs should be planted as understory behind the Chinese Elms and along the parking lot to screen this area. A variety of evergreens and deciduous trees and shrubs should be planted along the rest of Prospect St. and along the western boundary of the cemetery. A more “translucent screen” may be desirable in some locations (Oakwood Cemetery as a comparison) such as the western property boundary. C. Site Conditions and Maintenance: In the western section of the cemetery, soil has washed over time and collected around the edges of and on surface vaults. Low mowing height, the existing 1 soil pile and lack of turf coverage have contributed to these conditions. Silt fencing should be installed around the existing soil pile to prevent migration. It is recommended that mowing height be raised and uneven areas top-dressed to minimize scalping and erosion. It was also suggested that perhaps planting of groundcovers (periwinkle) on severe slopes might be an appropriate solution. Drainage repairs and additional retaining wall may be needed at the Fayetteville Street entrance to eliminate current erosion problems. New check dams (possibly decorative river rock) and additional rip-rap in swales and ditches should also be considered. D. Planting Outside of Cemetery Proper: In the future, if sidewalk is installed along Prospect Street under the UDO, trees should be planted between the sidewalk and curb. (Note that the Chinese Elms are near the curb. These might need to be removed if a sidewalk was installed on this side of Prospect St.). A retaining wall may also need to be installed between the cemetery boundary and the new sidewalk. E. Fencing: Replacement of existing “non-historic” fencing with new chain link fencing in certain sections of the cemetery’s perimeter boundaries. Portions of the existing chain link fence along the western boundary are damaged. It was noted that a section of this fencing along the western boundary may be located on private property. A survey should be undertaken to confirm. Decorative fencing is recommended along Prospect Street and above the existing retaining walls along Fayetteville Street. Along the north boundary adjoining the greenway trail, additional fencing and a gate is needed to prevent private vehicle access to the cemetery maintenance road. F. Future Development: Consider a scatter garden in the Upper Flats section where rock prevents traditional burials. LANDSCAPE CONCEPTS (Principles Applied) To be determined by landscape plan. OTHER COMMENTS It was recommended that the CAC be informed of any proposed landscape improvements. It was suggested that the draft landscape plan be reviewed by RHDC (courtesy review prior to local designation). Tree planting and other landscaping to acknowledge and respect the original unpaved road layout (which are contributing features on the NRN form) and consider marking theses in some way in the future. Perhaps replace the Red Oak in the Lightner lot lost as a result of the tornado.
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