Wender·Vista
Forest Lawn Cemetery Buffalo
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileNew York
on Delaware Avenue in the heart of Buffalo, New York

Forest Lawn Cemetery Buffalo

— — a city's quiet park, with a president inside it.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“A 269-acre rural-style cemetery founded in 1849 on the rolling ground above Scajaquada Creek. Curving lanes, ponds, and roughly 152,000 graves, including President Millard Fillmore, soul singer Rick James, and inventor Lawrence Dale Bell. The Blocher memorial, a glass-domed marble tableau finished in 1888, is one of the strangest and most beloved monuments in American cemetery art. Locals walk and bike it as a park; it remains an active burying ground. from the studio

from the studio
Forest Lawn Cemetery Buffalo
— bring it home

Forest Lawn Cemetery Buffalo, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Forest Lawn Cemetery Buffalo

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Forest Lawn Cemetery occupies 269 acres on Buffalo's near north side, bounded roughly by Delaware Avenue, Main Street, and Delavan Avenue, with Scajaquada Creek and Mirror Lake running through its lower ground. It was founded in 1849 by Buffalo attorney Charles E. Clarke as a rural-style cemetery in the lineage of Mount Auburn in Cambridge and Green-Wood in Brooklyn. Roughly 152,000 people are buried here, including President Millard Fillmore, Seneca leader Red Jacket, soul singer Rick James, aviation pioneer Lawrence Dale Bell, and architect E. B. Green. The grounds are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

— the stone

The monuments span the full range of nineteenth and twentieth century American funerary art: granite obelisks, marble angels, Tiffany Studios mosaic windows in private mausolea, and a number of pieces by sculptor Larkin Goldsmith Mead and Buffalo architect E. B. Green. The most singular work is the Blocher memorial, completed in 1888, in which life-size marble figures of John Blocher, his wife Elizabeth, and their son Nelson are sheltered under a granite canopy with a curved glass dome. The Red Jacket monument, dedicated in 1892, marks the reinterred remains of the Seneca orator and stands near the cemetery's south entrance.

— the visit

Forest Lawn functions as an active cemetery and as a public greenspace. The gates open daily, generally from morning through dusk, and visitors are welcome to walk, run, or cycle the interior lanes; vehicles enter at the Delaware Avenue and Main Street gates. A self-guided trolley tour runs seasonally, and the on-site staff offers themed walking tours covering President Fillmore, Civil War veterans, women of Forest Lawn, and Buffalo's Pan-American Exposition figures. The cemetery sits two blocks from the Albright-Knox / Buffalo AKG Art Museum and within walking distance of Delaware Park, the Olmsted-designed centerpiece of Buffalo's park system.

— informed by Forest Lawn — visit
— where
United States · Buffalo, Erie County, New York
— position
42.9266° N · 78.8588° W
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
1 km W
Buffalo AKG Art Museum
art museum
1 km W
Delaware Park
Olmsted park
1 km W
Buffalo History Museum
history museum
2 km SW
Elmwood Village
neighborhood
N
Forest Lawn Cemetery Buffalo
Buffalo AKG Art Museum
Delaware Park
Buffalo History Museum
Elmwood Village
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Forest Lawn Cemetery Buffalo — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

It was founded in 1849 by Buffalo attorney Charles E. Clarke as a rural-style cemetery, part of the same nineteenth-century movement that produced Mount Auburn in Cambridge and Green-Wood in Brooklyn.

Forest Lawn covers 269 acres on Buffalo's near north side and contains roughly 152,000 burials. Scajaquada Creek and Mirror Lake run through its lower ground, with curving lanes laid out in the rural style.

Among many others, President Millard Fillmore, Seneca leader Red Jacket, soul singer Rick James, aviation pioneer Lawrence Dale Bell, and Buffalo architect E. B. Green. The cemetery remains an active burying ground.

A marble-and-granite tableau completed in 1888 for the Blocher family, with life-size figures of John, Elizabeth, and Nelson Blocher beneath a curved glass dome. It is among the most distinctive monuments in American cemetery art.

Yes. Forest Lawn is open daily for walking, running, and cycling on the interior lanes, alongside its function as an active cemetery. Vehicle access is at the Delaware Avenue and Main Street gates.

The Buffalo AKG Art Museum, the Buffalo History Museum, Delaware Park, and Elmwood Village all sit within a short walk west of the cemetery, on the Olmsted-designed parkway network that defines this part of Buffalo.

— about the piece in your home

It's been a meaningful gift for customers raised in Western New York. Forest Lawn is a shared landmark for Buffalonians, the place generations walk and remember. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note from the studio carries well.

It reads well in Heritage-Traditional, Library-Study, and Quiet-Romantic interiors. The deep greens and stone palette sit against walnut, leather, and warm neutrals without competing for attention.

Yes. Nineteenth-century rural-cemetery imagery has returned to favour in quiet-romantic and gothic-revival rooms. A named landmark like Forest Lawn reads as place rather than mood.

Above a console, the Large reads cleanly. Above a sofa, a four-tile Mural carries the width, and a nine-tile Mural fills a feature wall in a study, parlour, or library.

Yes. Order the Dura Satin or Matte finish for bath or kitchen use. Both are scratch-resistant and handle steam and splash; the Glossy finish is intended for dry display walls only.

A soft microfibre cloth and plain water. For kitchen splatter, a damp cloth lifts it cleanly. No abrasive pads, no ammonia or bleach cleaners on any of the three finishes.

Yes. Every piece in the WenderVista atlas is original to the studio, made in our visual language, and produced under one roof in Knoxville, Tennessee. No outside licensing.

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