Historic Flint Hill Cemetery Breaks Ground for Columbarium

From Flint Hill Cemetery Association: Flint Hill Cemetery (FHC), broke ground today on a columbarium that is expected to be completed by the end of the year. The cultured stone structure will have a low profile to blend with the cemetery’s setting and will offer nearly 300 burial niches.

David Farmer, president of the Flint Hill Cemetery Association (FHCA), said that “given we have less than 225 in-ground spaces left for purchase, and more people are opting for cremation, building a columbarium made sense. By placing this shovel in the ground, we’re providing final resting places for hundreds of family and community members and helping to ensure the future financial viability of this historic, nonprofit cemetery.”

FHC is one of the oldest community cemeteries still active in Fairfax County. Well known locally as a historic cemetery dating back to the mid-1800s, FHC abuts a Civil War-era fort. Many local dignitaries and military veterans, including twenty-six from the Civil War-era, are laid to rest there.

“The firm LeMay Erickson Willcox Architects of Reston, Va., was diligent in designing a dignified yet unpresuming columbarium to fit the cemetery’s historic nature,” Farmer continued, “and we’ve entrusted Scott Long Construction of Chantilly, Va., as general contractor for this noble project."

FHCA is offering burial niches at construction-phase pricing through November 1, 2017. To inquire about purchasing niches, email FHCA at info@flinthillcemetery.org. FHCA also is offering brick pavers and stone benches that can be engraved with names or messages in honor of loved ones, whether they are buried in FHC or elsewhere. Pavers and benches can be purchased at www.flinthillcemetery.org and are tax deductible to the full extent of the law, since FHCA is a 501(c)(13) nonprofit organization.

For additional inquiries, please contact David Farmer, President, Flint Hill Cemetery Association,
at info@flinthillcemetery.org.

Photos courtesy of Flint Hill Cemetery Association