This grand Corinthian mausoleum, a sort of squashed triumphal arch, is impressive from the front. The back once held a large window, probably equally impressive; but it has now been filled in with unimpressive bricks.
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French Mausoleum, Allegheny Cemetery
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Baum-Roup Monument, Allegheny Cemetery
One has the impression that there is a sort of obelisk underneath here, but it has become encrusted with ornamentation, like a saint’s relic from the Middle Ages. It certainly serves its purpose of leaving a distinctive mark on the cemetery skyline to guide Baums and Roups to their ancestors’ graves. The Baums and Roups intersected in life by marriage, and the streets named after them intersect in Friendship.
There is an absolutely identical shaft in the Chartiers Cemetery for the Gormley family. Was this some monument-dealer’s most extravagant standard-order item?
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Bronze Angels on the James Oliver Monument, Allegheny Cemetery
The monument to steel baron James B. Oliver and his family is one of the largest heaps of bronze in the Allegheny Cemetery. Four beautiful angels stand guard at the corners.
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Boyle Monument, Allegheny Cemetery
An angel and a cross, similar in conception to the Porter monument, but very different in execution.
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McClintock Monument, Allegheny Cemetery
This monument is not listed on the cemetery’s site, but it is probably a memorial to Jonas McClintock, a Pittsburgh mayor who died in 1879.
