Holyhood Cemetery in Brookline, Massachusetts, was laid out in 1857 under the direction of FatherJoseph M. Finotti, pastor of Assumption Parish , which included Brookline and Brighton. The cemetery reflects the mid-19th century influence of the Rural Cemetery movement and the romantic landscape cemetery planning begun at Cambridges Mount Auburn Cemetery in the 1830s. A plan of the cemetery was drawn up by Shedd & Edson and published in August 1857. It shows curvilinear avenues and paths named after former bishops of Boston and Biblical figures. All were welcome to be buried except those who died in a state of Drunkenness, Duel, or by self-destruction, unbaptized, non-Catholic, or otherwise opposed to the Catholic Church. In the 1857 Shedd & Edson plan forHolyhood Catholic Cemetery, a chapel was located at the center on the hill shown in a small drawing on the edge of the plan. Known as St. Josephs Chapel, the stone building was designed byPatrick Keely, the successful and influential New York architect of many mid-19thcentury Catholic churches.The chapel would be dedicated in 1862. Decades later,a cemetery office was plannedand built across Heath Street from the cemetery gates, but was demolished sometime in the 20thcentury. The cemetery grew and it along with the mid-19thcentury chapel, has been lovingly maintained to this day.