A large bronze relief depicts the empty tomb of Jesus on Easter morning, with two astonished women confronted by an angel who points outward and upward.
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Walker Monument, Homewood Cemetery
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Andrew Jackman Mausoleum, St. Mary’s Cemetery
An impressive Ionic temple, larger than usual for a mausoleum of this type—note the double bronze doors.
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Frederick Lorenz Monument, Allegheny Cemetery
This monument probably dates from the 1850s, shortly after Frederick Lorenz died. Many other names were engraved on it, in multiple styles, between then and 1875, when (in spite of room for more names) the last name was cut; but even Catharine’s name was almost certainly cut after the monument was erected. The stone has eroded, making some of the inscriptions hard to read, but with a little work most of them can be puzzled out.
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Henry Mausoleum, Allegheny Cemetery
This little Romanesque mausoleum reminds Father Pitt of a Yorkshire terrier: it makes up for its small size with an outsized attitude, including castle-like turrets at the corners. The statue on the top has suffered much from the industrial atmosphere, but it is still picturesque. David F. Henry was in the auction business, which apparently paid well.
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Fleming Mausoleum, Allegheny Cemetery
A splendid Doric temple built in 1901 for a patent-medicine king. We tend to forget that, though steel made Pittsburgh’s reputation, throughout the nineteenth century the city was also a very important center of the patent-medicine business. Perhaps we’d rather forget it, but old Pa Pitt is here to remind us of the fact every once in a while.
