Mount Hope Cemetery History
Mount Hope Cemetery was created due to the need to safely and sanitarily lay to rest the masses. The concept was to construct a resting place for the dead that would be located outside of the city limits of Rochester. Modeled after Auburn Cemetery in Boston Mount Hope Cemetery is know as one of the first Victorian Municipal Cemeteries. Cemeteries often were thought of dark melancholy settings until the "Rual" cemetery movement, this movement was contrasting to prior cemetery perceptions and aesthetics. Mount Hope Cemetery consists of rolling hills, picturesque landscaping with the intent of creating a peaceful location for the dead to rest and to attract visitors. Mount Hope Cemetery like many other cemeteries started to become recreational attraction places; the cemetery now served two functions, moving the dead out of the city and providing a social attraction.
Louis Warren 
Warren's grave stone is carved from marble and is in fairly good condition. Applying Rahn’s Index for weathering the grave stone is slightly weathered. Marble being a ingenious rock it stands well against mother nature much better then sand stone or slate. There are multiple large chunks of various rocks (impurities) and veins. When touching grave stone tiny granular particles rubbed off easily indicating sugaring. The inscribing is well worn where the once crisp edges now are left rounded by rain.
This grave stone was of particular interest because off the teal oxidation happening on the bottom portion of the grave stone. The entire grave stone appears the composed to three separate stones attached with a singular piece of unknown metal. The metal could be steel, iron, copper or other materials, but it can be concluded that copper is present because the teal coloring, (copper carbonate) on the stone. When looking to other grave stones in the local area there are several others with the same type of oxidation happening. The grave stone next to Louis Warren was missing the upper potion and in the the center of the base there is a metal rod.
Rain and moisture take the largest role in the deterioration of the grave stone. No measures have taken to preserve or restore the grave stone and if there is nothing done spalling will become more severe and the fractures will increase. A portion of the stone may topple over like many others grave stones in the surrounding area that are constructed with simalar materials and fashion.