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n U ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION The Riverview Cemetery is located in the southeast quarter of section 27, Township 38, north; range 2 east was constructed in 1900. The cemetery contains numerous sites and structures of various styles. The cemetery contains a multitude of mausoleums constructed in Gothic, Classical or Egyptian styles. The various styles contain solid stonewalls and granite walls, stone slab roofs, scrolls, lintels, friezes, medallions and copper entry doors. The Crematory and Columbarium building is set into an embankment with a metal double -leaf entry and iron gate. The structure is rectangular in plan, one story tall with rough -cut stone foundation and walls. The roof is covered in tar and gravel and is bowed in shape. It extends to form a parapet with concrete cap and concrete globes on the corners. The St. Joseph Kankakee Portage is a bluff that rises approximately 25' from the riverbed and is 700' to 725' above sea level. The site is marked by a copper plaque set in a 3' high rock located at the mouth of one of the gullies. The Riverview Cemetery Gatehouse is a two-story structure with an irregular plan and stone foundation. The walls are rough -cut, irregularly coursed, fieldstone block walls with wood paneled gables. The wood gable ends have horizontal, vertical and diagonal half-timbering. The roof is covered in red slate, gabled in shape with gable intersects, a front gable dormer and a gabled porte-cochere. The structure also has projecting wooden eaves and open rake. The building boasts a wraparound veranda with Doric half - columns, rough cut stone balustrades with stone cap, and a porte-cochere set at a 45 degree angle to the main body of the structure with an open eave gabled roof, curved brackets and vertical slats. The windows are double hung wood sash on the first floor and double hung sashes with diamond pattern in the top sash of the second floor. The windows also have stone lintels. The gatehouse also has an oval window set into the south wall and a glazed wood frame double front door. The Cemetery also boasts a field stone gate that once held part of an iron entry gate. All down Portage Avenue are fieldstone pillars, the reminance of an iron gate that once enclosed the entire cemetery. RECOMMENDATION Based on the Historic Preservation Commission's Local Landmark Criteria's adopted by the Common Council, the site and structures at 2300 Portage Avenue has been recommended to the Common Council for designation as a Local Landmark by the Historic Preservation Commission. 5