These organizations bought blocks in cemeteries and sold plots off to their members.
Menard and his associates began selling plots on April 20, 1838.
The family began to establish road layouts and sell plots of land to builders in the 18th century.
The cemetery still sells plots, and is an active burial ground.
It has also sold developed plots to the public for making houses of their own.
The building was used to sell plots of land for what became Inglewood.
By 1835, he was selling plots of land in Juneautown.
It hopes to attract 100 new families over the next decade, and is selling plots of land for building.
"It still may sell plots for you," I pointed out.
The idea was then to sell plots of land cheaply for people to build on themselves.
