It is fortunate indeed that the Friends of Evergreen mounted an eleventh hour effort to stabilize the badly decayed Wilde Memorial Chapel. The Friends working with the City of Portland, and with the an extraordinary outpouring of volunteer efforts, the restoration of Portland’s most impressive mortuary was a success. Today it is the setting for …
Wilde Memorial Chapel, designed by Portland architect Frederick Tompson, was built in 1902. The family of Samuel Wilde, whose wife Mary Ellen Lunt Wilde was a Portland area native, bestowed the cemetery with this granite Gothic chapel. The chapel has interior woodwork of cypress and stained glass windows by the firm of Moakley and Bell of Boston. Some restoration work has been done over the years providing continued use of the chapel for funerals and weddings.
It is fortunate indeed that the Friends of Evergreen mounted an eleventh hour effort to stabilize the badly decayed Wilde Memorial Chapel. The Friends working with the City of Portland, and with the an extraordinary outpouring of volunteer efforts, the restoration of Portland’s most impressive mortuary was a success. Today it is the setting for …
Wilde Memorial Chapel, designed by Portland architect Frederick Tompson, was built in 1902. The family of Samuel Wilde, whose wife Mary Ellen Lunt Wilde was a Portland area native, bestowed the cemetery with this granite Gothic chapel. The chapel has interior woodwork of cypress and stained glass windows by the firm of Moakley and Bell of Boston. Some restoration work has been done over the years providing continued use of the chapel for funerals and weddings.
