Dionicio Rodriguez

Gates, benches and artificial rock formations were created by the artist to invite visitors to rest or explore the landscape.

[3] He moved on to Laredo, Texas shortly after and met up with Máximo Cortés, a fellow artisan, who was currently working on casting cement embellishments for a school.

Annie Laurie Wishing Chair, Broken Tree Bench, Abrahams Oak, Pool of Hebron and Cave of Machpelah are some of the most important sculptures that can be found throughout the cemetery.

[5] Working in Cedar Hill Cemetery just outside Washington, D.C., in suburban Suitland, Maryland, in 1936 and 1937, Rodríguez built numerous sculptural pieces, including a fallen tree bench, a tiled block bench, two bridges with branch railings and log decks, a tree shelter, and an Annie Laurie Wishing Chair.

Rodríguez' sculptures and the Crystal Shrine Grotto in the Memorial Park Cemetery are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.