F O R E S T L AW N C E M E T E R YThe first of the cemeteries outside Cincinnati that Joseph Earnshaw helped plan and design was Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, New York. In the 1850s, Buffalo, like Cincinnati, experienced a cemetery movement due to expanding development and population within the citys urban core. Burial space within the city was in short supply and many religious institutions were selling their property to make way for new residential development. 98The need for anew cemetery outside the city limits, in the surrounding rural countrysidewas evident. 99In 1849, Forest Lawn Cemetery was opened. Labeled as significant in landscape architecture as one of New York States most distinguished and well-preserved nineteenth century rural cemeteries, Forest Lawn is the final resting place for many of Buffalos prominent citizens. 100Forest Lawns management reached out to Spring Grove Cemetery Association about its new ideas in rural cemetery design. 101On September 7, 1865, Adolf Strauch suggested that the Spring Grove board of directors invite the head engineer of Forest Lawn to visit Spring Grove to gather plans and other information for laying out and improving his cemetery. 102Strauch travelled to Forest Lawn later that month to make recommendations for improvement and new development within the cemeterys 80 acres, located three miles outside the city of Buffalo. He suggested removing hedges and fences, and laying out roads that would follow the natural contours of the site. 103In November of that year, as suggested by Adolf Strauch, the Buffalo City cemetery president and two other committee members came to Spring Grove to meet with him and discuss recommendations to expand Forest Lawn by 150 acres, survey, grade, add new roads, widen avenues, and create a lake from a swamp located at the west end of the cemetery. 104After these improvements to the grounds were made, the Forest Lawn trustees hired Joseph Earnshaw in 1879 to prepare an accurate map depicting the topography and the avenues, and another sectional map showing the location of the graves and their occupants. 105During Earnshaws time with Forest Lawn Cemetery, he showed considerable foresight by expanding the network of roads, opening up new sections, and improving vehicular circulation, unknowingly preparing the cemetery for the automobile revolution. 106Earnshaws plans also created a drive encircling the cemetery property with a number of branching secondary roads that gracefully fit the 39