Byers Mausoleum, Allegheny Cemetery


Byers mausoleum

Iron baron Alexander McBurney Byers (1827–1900) and his family are buried in a mausoleum very closely modeled after the Temple of Hephaestus in Athens. The architects were Rutan & Russell.1

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  1. Philadelphia Real Estate Record & Builders’ Guide, February 27, 1901, p. 135: “Rutan & Russell have prepared plans for a fine mausoleum to be erected in Allegheny Cemetery for the family of the late A. M. Byers. The contract has been let to C. E. Tayntor & Co., of New York. The cost will be about $35,000.” ↩︎

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