Interviews
Ross Mitchell (Part 8) – Visiting Laurel Hill: Why The Cemetery Is A Celebration of Life
This article is part of a series on How Historic Laurel Hill Cemetery Is Reinventing Itself. It is based on an interview with Ross Mitchell, Executive Director of Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, PA.
Stoneangels: As far as actually getting to Laurel Hill, you can see it from Roosevelt Boulevard, but you have no [...]
Ross Mitchell (Part 6) – Behind the Scenes: Historical Archives at Laurel Hill
This article is part of a series on How Historic Laurel Hill Cemetery Is Reinventing Itself. It is based on an interview with Ross Mitchell, Executive Director of Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, PA.
Stoneangels: You have an artifact exhibit in the building next door-I remember seeing things when we were over there taking [...]
Ross Mitchell (Part 4) – Yellow Fever Business: Why Laurel Hill’s Popularity Soared in the 1800s
This article is part of a series on How Historic Laurel Hill Cemetery Is Reinventing Itself. It is based on an interview with Ross Mitchell, Executive Director of Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, PA.
Stoneangels: You mentioned admission tickets–the cemetery charged admission?
Ross Mitchell: Actually it was just the opposite. Laurel Hill was founded in [...]
Ross Mitchell (Part 3) – From Red to Black: Laurel Hill’s Fundraising Plan
This article is part of a series on How Historic Laurel Hill Cemetery Is Reinventing Itself. It is based on an interview with Ross Mitchell, Executive Director of Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, PA.
Stoneangels: I saw you on the PBS documentary, “A Cemetery Special” a few months ago. Is there a documentary on [...]
Ross Mitchell (Part 1) – How Historic Laurel Hill Cemetery Is Reinventing Itself
On May 16, 2006, Ed Snyder sat down with Ross Mitchell, Executive Director of Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, PA to discuss the future of one of America’s most well known garden cemeteries. Here are the highlights.
An Interview with Scott Kreilick on Architectural Restoration, Conservation, and Preservation (Part 3)
Continued from part 2.
Stoneangels: What are some of the larger projects you’re involved in?
Kreilick: I’ve been asked to establish a conservation plan by the Hollywood Cemetery, in Richmond, Va. They’ve got some fabulous monuments–a wonderful pyramid to the Confederate dead–the Confederate soldiers who died at Gettysburg were re-interred there, two American presidents are [...]
An Interview with Scott Kreilick on Architectural Restoration, Conservation, and Preservation (Part 2)
Continued from part 1.
Stoneangels: You can’t use nails as a dating tool, can you?
Kreilick: That’s right for a variety of reasons.
Stoneangels: My father used to sell antique furniture he built using a bucket of actual antique cut nails he found somewhere…!
Kreilick: Case in point! The Manassas house was to be [...]
