Mt. Albion Cemetery

Mt. Albion Cemetery occupies a small drumlin rising from flat farmland on the eastern edge of Albion, New York, linked to the village by a mile-and-a-half sidewalk of slate and Medina sandstone. The oldest section dates from 1842, and the grounds grew westward through the later nineteenth century. Narrow, winding roads climb terraced slopes under mature trees, while open grassy dells served as park and botanical garden, with flowering shrubs, rare yuccas and a notable butternut tree. Local Medina sandstone unifies the structures: a Gothic chapel of 1875, an entrance arch of 1881, cemetery offices and barn of 1889, a 58-foot Soldiers and Sailors Monument of 1874, and a domed spring house of 1908. Marvin Porter, a former Erie Canal engineer, is credited with the original layout. The cemetery was listed as an intact example of the American rural cemetery and of picturesque landscape design, with its sandstone architecture reflecting the local quarrying boom.