Riverside Cemetery Bus Tour

The Oswego County Historical Society, along with the Friends of Riverside Cemetery, will host a guided tour of the historic Riverside Cemetery. The cemetery tour will begin at the Page Memorial Chapel located at the main entrance of the cemetery. The chapel was built in 1906 in memory of Alanson and Elsie (Benson) Page as a gift from their family. The stone building was designed by Philadelphia architect Mantle Fielding in the Gothic Revival style. The stunning windows were designed by Frederick Wilson, the chief ecclesiastical designer of Tiffany Studios of New York City. For its significant historical relevance, the cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. The event will begin with a presentation by local author Ann Callaghan Allen highlighting her recently published book “Holocaust Refugees in Oswego: From Nazi Europe to Lake Ontario”. Many people featured in her account of Oswego and how it welcomed refugees are interred at Riverside.