Mysterious Forest Hill Park Pyramid Remains Mysterious
Photo Credit RTD & Rex Springston
Rumsey has found theories about the pyramid’s background but nothing definitive. According to those stories, the pyramid could mark a slave burial site, or it could simply be a distinctive feature from an azalea garden that graced that section of the park decades ago. Or it could be a memorial to Confederate soldiers, like the much bigger and more elaborate granite pyramid in Hollywood Cemetery.Alfred Baird of Chesterfield County, who visited the pyramid with Rumsey earlier this month, said his father told him in the 1930s or’40s that the pyramid marked the burial spot of a bear that inhabited the park around the turn of the 20th century.
I used to take the kids to Forrest Hill Park in the early 80s and we often discussed the origins of the mysterious pyramid, which was then covered in vines and shrubbery.
I like the story of the burial spot for the Forest Hill Park Bear. Are there any other stories about the bear?
Does anybody know where is the exact location of the stone pyramid?
It is in the old azalea garden, which is opposite the intersection of Forest Hill Avenue and Roanoke. You can catch a glimpse of it from the street.
[...] We will be spreading mulch and removing ivy in the Old Azalea Garden area. Those who know where the pyramid in the Old Azalea Garden is can come directly there. Others meet at the Stone House on Sunday, 2/26 [...]