Pittsburgh Cemeteries

Category: Allegheny Cemetery

  • Steinmeyer Monument, Allegheny Cemetery

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    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.

  • 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.

  • Tanner-Patterson Monument, Allegheny Cemetery

    The eroded inscription is clear enough to read that Mr. Tanner died in 1851, and we have seen similar exuberantly spiky Gothic monuments from about that time. Mr. Tanner married a Patterson, and Pattersons make up most of the residents in the family plot.

  • McKee Monument, Allegheny Cemetery

    This Gothic shaft no longer bears any legible inscriptions except the name McKee in a shield halfway up the shaft and, added later, the name Dravo on the base. For genealogical purposes it is a disappointment, but as a picturesque accessory in the landscape it is probably even more delightful in its worn state than it was when it was new. It was probably put up in the 1870s; the plot owner was one Samuel McKee.

  • Bindley Mausoleum, Allegheny Cemetery

    A scale model of the Pantheon in Rome, the Bindley mausoleum suggests that Mr. Bindley must have been somebody awfully important. Actually, he is remembered most for being entombed in this elegant mausoleum.

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    More pictures of the Bindley mausoleum.