Mount Auburn Cemetery, Story Chapel 580 Mt. Auburn St
Description:
Approx 2' x 2' Bronze Square bronze plate, with Roman numerals, is open in the center. Gnomon extends through this open space. Dial is mounted above a window of the chapel, angled from wall face. (presumably so that it will face true South.)
General Information:
Inscription:
Owner: Mount Auburn Cemetery
'With warning hand I hark time's rapid flight from life's glad morning to its solemn night. Yet through the dear God's love I also show there's light above me by the shade below. -- Whittier
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Builder:
Construction Date: 1896-98
References:
Life and Correspondence of Henry Ingersoll Bowditch, (1902)
