Westview Receive Vault
Built in 1888 when the cemetery was 4 years old. Dimensions: length, 25 feet: Width, 30 feet: height, 18 feet; normal capacity: 36.
Until the early 20th century, roads through the cemetery were often impassable in winter, when ice, snow and mud bogged down the horse-drawn hearse. It was here that the casket was kept until weather permitted interment.
Great service to the community was rendered by this vault during the winter 0f 1917-1918 when Atlanta´s influenza epidemic claimed hundreds of lives. Victims were brought here awaiting burial.
This vault was permanently sealed in 1945 because of the availability of thousands of crypts in Westviews Abbt-Mausoleu,
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.