At the highest point in the Allegheny Cemetery is a soaring column topped by an allegorical statue of Faith commissioned in 1877 for the Moorhead Family of Pittsburgh.  On the face of the base of the Corinthian column is a bronze bas-relief of the three allegorical figures—Faith, Hope, and Charity.  Just below the three draped figures is written the Biblical passage from 1 Corinthians 13:13, “And Now Abideth Faith, Hope Charity.”  The rest of the passage adds, “but the greatest of these is Charity.  Oddly enough, the figure atop the column is not Charity as one might expect given the Bible passage highlighted on the monument.  The sculpture also includes a palm leaf and a crown which represents victory over death and the triumph of the soul.

The bas-relief was sculpted by Carl Conrads (1839-1920).  Conrads was born in Breisig, Germany and immigrated to the United States.  He only returned to Germany for a short time to study sculpture.  He found work at the Hartford Granite Company and created public monuments as well as funerary sculpture.  His works can be found in

U. S. Capitol, the Connecticut State Capitol, West Point, Antietam National Cemetery, among others.  One of the greatest 19^th Century sculptors, Lorado Taft, described Conrads as “a German of good training” … “who has done much creditable work well adapted to the requirements of that ungrateful material.”