A beautiful mourner pauses for reflection before she lays a wreath on the grave. Generations of Steinmeyers have been buried in this plot, the first in 1878 and the most recent in 1999.
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Steinmeyer Monument, Allegheny Cemetery
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John A. Kaercher Mausoleum, Allegheny Cemetery
Built in about 1860, this is one of the first wave half-underground mausoleums in the Alegheny Cemetery. It probably had bronze doors originally, but it is easier to keep a brick wall from being stolen. The angel on top is an unusual detail for this type of mausoleum.
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Calvary Group, St. Michael’s Cemetery
Note: The pictures in this article disappeared with their image host, but we have added a more recent picture from 2023. The monument, dated 1888, commemorates priests of St. Michael’s parish.
This grouping more notable for its position than for its artistic quality (which is quite good but not extraordinary); it stands at the edge of a steep slope with a panoramic view of the Monongahela valley below. St. Michael’s is a German Catholic cemetery, so the inscription (“I am the resurrection and the life…”) is in German (with “May they rest in peace” Latin, of course).
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Gilchrist Stump, Homewood Cemetery
This may be the biggest rustic stump in Pittsburgh. It has the naturalistic shape and details usual in these monuments, with the addition of a fancy monogram for each dead Gilchrist on the stump of each sawed-off branch.
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Henry Aiken Cross, Homewood Cemetery
A tall and splendid Celtic cross, usually the mark of someone of Irish heritage. There is an Aiken Avenue not far from the Homewood Cemetery.
