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 A [[Romanesque Revival architecture|Norman Castellated]] [[brownstone]] gatehouse<ref>{{cite web |last1=Christopher |first1=Matthew |title=Mount Moriah Cemetery |url=https://www.abandonedamerica.us/mount-moriah-cemetery |website=www.abandonedamerica.us |access-date=23 August 2019}}</ref> designed by [[Stephen Decatur Button]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Confederates, Catholic, Muslims and Masons: The Mount Moriah Cemetery Tour |url=https://ruins.wordpress.com/2007/12/01/mount-moriah-cemetery/ |website=www.ruins.wordpress.com |date=December 2007 |access-date=23 August 2019}}</ref> was built at the entrance on Islington Lane, today known as Kingsessing Avenue.  A single gated arch was topped with an imposing statue of [[Father Time]].  The statue was purchased, removed from the gate and placed atop the grave of John H. Jones.
-The cemetery contains two separate military burial plots dating back to the [[U.S. Civil War]] that are maintained by the [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs|Department of Veterans Affairs]].  The Naval Plot on the Yeadon side of the cemetery contains 2,400 graves of sailors who were treated at the [[Naval Square, Philadelphia|Grays Ferry Avenue Naval Hospital]].  A smaller plot of 406 graves known as the Soldier's Rest<ref name=NPS>{{cite web |title=Mount Moriah Cemetery Naval Plot and Soldiers' Lot Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/national_cemeteries/Pennsylvania/Mount_Moriah_Cemetery_Naval_Plot_and_Soldiers_Lot.html |website=www.nps.gov |access-date=23 August 2019}}</ref> is on the Philadelphia side of the cemetery.<ref name=Papa/>  Mount Moriah contains veterans of the [[U.S. Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] through the [[Vietnam War]]<ref name=Hatmaker/> and 25 [[Medal of Honor]] awardees<ref>{{cite web |last1=Boccella |first1=Kathy |title=Historic cemetery reveals Medal of Honor winners |url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/20130925_Historic_cemetery_reveals_Medal_of_Honor_winners.html |website=www.inquirer.com |date=25 September 2013 |publisher=The Philadelphia Inquirer |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref> which may be the highest number of any private cemetery.<ref name=WHYY>{{cite web |last1=Blumgart |first1=Jake |title=Mount Moriah cemetery could become nature sanctuary |url=https://whyy.org/articles/mount-moriah-cemetery-could-become-nature-sanctuary/ |website=www.whyy.org |access-date=23 August 2019}}</ref> There is one [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission|British Commonwealth war grave]] of a soldier of the [[Royal Scots]] from [[World War I]].<ref>[https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/4010459/MALCOLM%20MacFARLANE/] CWGC casualty record.</ref>
+The cemetery contains two separate military burial plots dating back to the [[U.S. Civil War]] that are maintained by the [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs|Department of Veterans Affairs]].  The Naval Plot on the Yeadon side of the cemetery contains 2,400 graves of sailors who were treated at the [[Naval Square, Philadelphia|Grays Ferry Avenue Naval Hospital]].  A smaller plot of 406 graves known as the Soldier's Rest<ref name=NPS>{{cite web |title=Mount Moriah Cemetery Naval Plot and Soldiers' Lot Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/national_cemeteries/Pennsylvania/Mount_Moriah_Cemetery_Naval_Plot_and_Soldiers_Lot.html |website=www.nps.gov |access-date=23 August 2019}}</ref> is on the Philadelphia side of the cemetery.<ref name=Papa/>  Mount Moriah contains veterans of the [[U.S. Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] through the [[Vietnam War]]<ref name=Hatmaker/> and 25 [[Medal of Honor]] awardees<ref>{{cite web |last1=Boccella |first1=Kathy |title=Historic cemetery reveals Medal of Honor winners |url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/20130925_Historic_cemetery_reveals_Medal_of_Honor_winners.html |website=www.inquirer.com |date=25 September 2013 |publisher=The Philadelphia Inquirer |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref> which may be the highest number of any private cemetery.<ref name=WHYY>{{cite web |last1=Blumgart |first1=Jake |title=Mount Moriah cemetery could become nature sanctuary |url=https://whyy.org/articles/mount-moriah-cemetery-could-become-nature-sanctuary/ |website=www.whyy.org |access-date=23 August 2019}}</ref> There is one [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission|British Commonwealth war grave]] of a soldier of the [[Royal Scots]] from World War I.<ref>[https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/4010459/MALCOLM%20MacFARLANE/] CWGC casualty record.</ref>
 One section of the cemetery, known as the Circle of St. John or Masons Circle,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Arvedlud |first1=Erin E. |title=Keeping Mount Moriah Cemetery, and its memories, alive |url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/business/20160410_Keeping_Mount_Moriah_Cemetery__and_its_memories__alive.html |website=www.inquirer.com |date=10 April 2016 |access-date=28 August 2019}}</ref> contains the Schnider monument, a 35-foot high [[Corinthian order|Corinthian column]] topped by the [[Masonic]] [[square and compasses]] dedicated to William B. Schnider, the Grand Tyler of [[Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania's Central Grand Lodge]].<ref name=Murrell/>