Green Mount Cemetery caretaker's house and entrance as well as Cyrus W. Pyle house on Morris Street
Entry/Object ID
2011.2.128
Description
Green Mount Cemetery caretaker's house and entrance on Morris Street, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania.
Green Mount Cemetery was established by an Act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on the 15th day of April 1853. Two years later in 1855, surveying was complete for the original property and lots were made available for purchase. In 1877, the formed concrete wall and columnar entrance on Morris Street were added.
Across Morris Street is the house built by Civil War veteran Cyrus W. Pyle, between 1875 and 1876. The house still stands in 2020, though without the front porch seen in this image. Remnants of the old alley that ran near Morris Street can be seen beside the Pyle house. This alley was abandoned and the ground divided among property owners.
Original, no photographer listed.
Collection
Greene County Historical Society Collection
Acquisition
Accession
2011.2
Acquisition Method
Digital
Credit Line
Greene County Historical Society
Made/Created
Date made
circa 1910 - circa 1930
Lexicon
Search Terms
Brick roads, Flag--United States, Pyle family, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Cemeteries--Green Mount Cemetery, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Houses, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Streets--Morris Street
Archived at the Greene County Historical Society (918 Rolling Meadows Road, P.O. Box 127; Waynesburg, Pennsylvania 15370). Researched and digitized for the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project between 2005-2014.
Source Citation: Green Mount Cemetery caretaker's house and entrance as well as Cyrus W. Pyle house on Morris Street; circa 1910s-1920s; item no. GCHS-AN027-0001-0096, Greene County Historical Society Collection; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).
