The Byzantine style of this elaborate mausoleum is unusual in Pittsburgh. The complexity of the design makes the structure look larger than it is; it is not a small mausoleum, but it is not as big as it looks at first glance.
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Jones Mausoleum, Homewood Cemetery
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Smith Mausoleum, Homewood Cemetery
A Doric mausoleum distinguished by its rusticated stone everywhere but the columns.
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A. E. Succop Mausoleum, Homewood Cemetery
A simple and traditional Doric mausoleum in a beautiful fall landscape. Mr. Succop was the president of the Germania Savings Bank and on the board of a number of other banks and manufacturers.
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Robert Pitcairn Mausoleum, Homewood Cemetery
This is the Pitcairn for whom the borough of Pitcairn is named, a bigwig in the Pennsylvania Railroad. He built himself a large and tasteful Corinthian mausoleum to rest in. Next to it is a spectacular Ginkgo biloba in full autumn splendor.
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Brown Pyramid, Homewood Cemetery
Probably the most photographed monument in the cemetery, this pyramid is festooned with Egyptian symbols—but, like most other pyramids in Pittsburgh cemeteries, it has the Roman proportions of the Pyramid of Cestius in Rome.
