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Art Deco John S. Holmes Mausoleum
Maud G. Kennedy Holmes 1876-1955 John S. Homes 1863-1931 The John Homes Mausoleum, erected in 1934, was designed by the Charles B. Blake Company in the Art Deco style. The mausoleum was built for Holmes, a successful real estate broker … Continue reading
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Venetian Gothic
With the exception of the ornamentation on the top of the Spotts Mausoleum, two nearly identical mausoleums, one in the Cave Hill Cemetery at Louisville, Kentucky, and the other in the Mt. Olivet Cemetery at Nashville, Tennessee, were designed and … Continue reading
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The Curse of King Tut
The Darius Miller Mausoleum in the Rosehill Cemetery at Chicago, Illinois, is a magnificent example of Egyptian Revival architecture found in many large urban cemeteries. Egyptian ornamentation can be divided into three categories—architectural, geometric, and natural. The mausoleum features–the cavetto … Continue reading
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Commerce and Victory
The second largest mausoleum in the Forest Home Cemetery at Forest Park, Illinois, was built for life-long Chicago resident, William Grunow, (born April 30, 1893; died July 6, 1951) a partner in the Majestic Radio Company. The pathway to the … Continue reading
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Cast-iron Gothic
The cast-iron Karstendiek Family Tomb in the Lafayette Cemetery Number 1 at New Orleans is a Gothic Revival style jewel box. Built in the 1860s it features pointed-arched tracery on the doors and pinnacles on the roof.
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Cast-iron tomb
Cast-iron is an oft-used material for fencing in cemeteries but it is also used as a building material for tombs. The Pelton Family tomb in the Greenwood Cemetery at New Orleans is one of two identical cast-iron tombs in the … Continue reading
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Moorish Revival
General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (May 28, 1818 – February 20, 1893) was one of the most prominent and successful generals in the Confederate Army. Beauregard commanded the defenses at Fort Sumter, and later at the First Battle of Bull … Continue reading
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Angel holding a chalice
The Acklen Mausoleum in the Mount Olivet Cemetery at Nashville, Tennessee, is a stunning example of Gothic architecture, built for Adelicia Hayes Franklin Acklen Cheatham, the daughter of Oliver Bliss Hayes—a lawyer, judge, minister, and land speculator. Adelicia was thrice … Continue reading
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The Commodore, Steamboats, and Onion Domes
The Commodore, steamboat builder and pilot, Cornelius Kingston Garrison (March 1, 1809-May 1, 1885) started building his fortune by building steamboats and operating his St. Louis steamboat company. He went on to make another fortune in banking. Garrison also … Continue reading
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Ionic Order
The classically designed mausoleum in the Cave Hill Cemetery at Louisville, Kentucky, was built for Paul Jones, a whiskey and tobacco distributor who left his native Atlanta when Georgia enacted prohibition laws. Jones picked up and moved to Louisville where … Continue reading
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