Designed by Albert H. Spahr of MacClure & Spahr, one of Pittsburgh’s busier architectural firms, this Gothic chapel is timeless. It was built in 1923, but it would not look out of place in a medieval English village.
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Chapel, Homewood Cemetery
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Sands Mausoleum, Homewood Cemetery
A restrained classical mausoleum of the flat-roofed Doric variety that became popular in the twentieth century. Louis C. Sands was buried here in 1922, so that is the latest possible date for this mausoleum.
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David E. Weir Mausoleum, Homewood Cemetery
A typical middle-twentieth-century classical mausoleum. The flat roof, which became the norm in Doric mausoleums, seems to be a concession to modernism. David Weir was buried here in 1948.
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P. O. Laughner Mausoleum, Homewood Cemetery
A generously sized Doric mausoleum with an inset porch. Perry O. Laughner was buried here in 1926, so he probably had this mausoleum built for himself while he was still alive.
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Berryman Mausoleum, Homewood Cemetery
This mausoleum seems to have received its first burial in 1927; if Father Pitt were to take a guess, he might say it had been waiting around empty for some time before that. There are none of the quirks of the advancing twentieth century: this is a timeless Doric temple, simple but correct. The stained glass inside is modestly attractive, though the cross is a bit out of place—it does not seem to be a thing that could naturally exist in the landscape. Old Pa Pitt is also not sure why there is a cheese hovering above it. The bronze palms on the doors are also notable.
