A severely plain structure, almost like a quick sketch of a classical mausoleum; it is most notable for the stained-glass riot of symbols inside, including a floating eye that is disturbingly naturalistic. The mausoleum seems to have been built in 1921, when it received the remains of several Junkers and Duvalls.
Hope, carrying her little anchor, gazes out into the distance. Her classical drapery is unusually splendid, and the decades of industrial grime give it added depth.
This is the very attractive result of modernizing an obelisk by applying Art Deco style to it. The earliest burial in this plot seems to be from 1925, which is probably about the date of the monument.
A standard Egyptian temple with a stained-glass view of the Pyramids. Mr. Mueller was buried here in 1938, but the mausoleum was probably built while he was still alive. Note the pristine bronze doors, by the way: much of the bronze in the Homewood Cemetery is regularly cleaned and not allowed to turn green.
A cube-shaped 1920s mausoleum (Mesta died in 1929) with fine Gothic details. The stained glass is notable for the clever effect that produces the rays of the setting sun.
We suspect that Frederick was a brother of George Mesta, whose Egyptian mausoleum is nearby. Frederick’s name appears on a 1911 patent that “relates to the turning of metal in connection with a rolling mill,” so he was apparently also in the metalworking business.
