This “crypt” was actually used to store cemetery implements. It was built first to the other one in the Hinesburg Village Cemetery. As you’ll be able to see, this vault is quite small. Given the position of the door, which was NOT budging, I could not walk in. A friend was with me and sheContinue reading “What’s Inside the Crypt?”
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Let’s Enter the Tomb!
“A receiving vault or receiving tomb,[1] sometimes also known as a public vault, is a structure designed to temporarily store dead bodies in winter months when the ground is too frozen to dig a permanent grave in a cemetery. Technological advancements in excavation, embalming, and refrigeration have rendered the receiving vault obsolete. Receiving vaults largelyContinue reading “Let’s Enter the Tomb!”
The Vault at Sheldon Cemetery
This is the receiving vault at Sheldon Cemetery in Sheldon, Vermont. Receiving vaults were popular into the 1900s. The purpose of a receiving vault or receiving tomb was to store a body temporarily. Reasons included: -such time until people could dig the ground for burial -the family could afford to bury their loved one -aContinue reading “The Vault at Sheldon Cemetery”
Let’s Enter the Receiving Tomb…
“A receiving vault or receiving tomb,[1] sometimes also known as a public vault, is a structure designed to temporarily store dead bodies in winter months when the ground is too frozen to dig a permanent grave in a cemetery. Technological advancements in excavation, embalming, and refrigeration have rendered the receiving vault obsolete. Receiving vaults largelyContinue reading “Let’s Enter the Receiving Tomb…”
What’s Inside the Vault?
I recently visited the Hinesburg Village Cemetery in Hinesburg, Vermont. During my walk, I discovered this crypt…with ITS DOOR AJAR! What was I supposed to do? Let it go unexplored??? Heck no! So, join me as I offer a glimpse of what is inside. #travelingforhistory101 #vtgraveyards #cemeteries #cemetery #cemeteriesofnewengland#cemeteriesandgraveyards #cemeteryphotography #cemeterylovers #cemeterywandering #cemeteryflowers #cemetery_shots #cemeteryvaultsContinue reading “What’s Inside the Vault?”