The chapel is named as a tribute to the designer and first superintendent of the cemetery, Almerin Hotchkiss (46 years) and his son, Frank Hotchkiss (20 years). The 100 year old chapel is being renovated and the receiving tomb behind the chapel is being converted into a columbarium with over 665 niches for cremated remains. There will be a choice of fine hardwood and glass front niches.

Scheduled completion is September, 2009.

Two large lakes with beautiful fountains in the southwestern portion of the Cemetery will be connected with a babbling brook. The water will encircle a garden columbarium with hundreds of individual and family lots nearby.

Scheduled completion is Spring, 2010.

The Eads Bridge, completed in 1874, was the engineering feat of the century and the first bridge of steel construction to span the Mississippi River, linking east and west. This National Monument was but one of the many accomplishments of this illustrious engineer. During the Civil War, he built iron-clad gunboats at the iron foundries in Carondelet. General Grant could not have accomplished the siege of Vicksburg without the help of Eads’ boats. He also built a diving bell for salvaging boats submerged in the rivers.