Set on 22 acres (8.9 ha) on Maple Street, it is a good example of the popular mid-19th century rural cemetery movement.

[2] Forest Glade Cemetery is located southwest of downtown Somersworth, on the west side of Maple Street between Tates Brook Road and Bartlett Avenue.

While the road frontage of the property is roughly straight, the rear line of the developed portion of the cemetery follows a broad curve.

The rolling landscape has circulation roads laid out harmoniously with the terrain, which is dotted with mature plantings.

The cemetery's prominent architectural features are the Furber Chapel, a stone English country chapel designed by Henry Vaughan and built in 1898, and the entrance gate, a stone arch bearing the inscription "Until the day dawns and the shadows flee away.