East Lawn Cemetery and Sherman Burbank Memorial Chapel

East Lawn Cemetery occupies a sloping site on the south side of Main Street in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Begun in 1842 on a two-acre parcel, it grew through gifts and purchases of land. Major improvements in 1898-1899 gave it a park-like plan, with lawns, new drives, a stone entrance wall and perimeter fencing, and an Old Veterans' Circle was dedicated in 1900. The nominated 19 acres hold most of the graves, including marble obelisks, a Medal of Honor recipient's grave, and a small white marble Lloyd family mausoleum. At the front stands the Sherman Burbank Memorial Chapel, built in 1936 to designs by Philadelphia architect Frank Rushmore Watson. Its walls are local yellow and brown quartzite trimmed with Indiana limestone, and it has a tower, porte-cochere and receiving vault. Built by contractor David Deans using Italian stone masons, it reflects Late Gothic Revival ideas about medieval-style construction. The cemetery remains in use.