The largest and most distinguished building on the cemetery grounds is the Gardner Earl Memorial Chapel and Crematorium built by Mr. and Mrs. William S. Earl as a memorial to their son, an early proponent of cremation. Designed by prominent Albany architects Fuller and Wheeler, it is a striking building in the Richardsonian Romanesque style defined by such characteristic features as round arches, wall dormers, rock-faced stone and polychromy.  It is constructed of pinkish Westernly granite with accents of a whiter stone.  The elaborate and picturesque design incorporates a crematorium, cruciform chapel, loggia and bell tower. The sumptuous interior features exotic marbles of every hue in the floors and the intricately carved columns and friezes.  Also contributing to the interior luxury are quartered oak ceilings, mosaics, bronze doors, an onyx altar, a stained-glass window executed by Tiffany Studios, two three-dimensional stained-glass windows by Maitland Armstrong and carved oak furniture made specifically for this building.

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The Warren Family Mortuary is a somewhat smaller chapel sited on a knoll in the center of the cemetery.  Built in 1860, it is a stone church in the English country Gothic style designed by noted architect Henry Dudley of New York.   It has a steep late roof, a nave and cross transept plan, lancet windows, and a recessed pointed-arch entrance with a small rosette window above.  In 1883 a tower of compatible material and design was added on the northeast side.  On the interior, above the altar, there is a triple stained-glass window designed by artist/professor Robert Weir of West Point.

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