Restored chapel unveiled at Monongahela Cemetery

By Mon Valley Independent

By JIM BUSCH

For the MVI

Back in 1894, an article about the dedication of the new Monongahela Cemetery Mortuary Chapel in the Monongahela Daily Republican described the building as “creditable.”

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