A Doric temple of particularly fine proportions, taking advantage of its hillside position to make an even more splendid impression.
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Clemson Mausoleum, Homewood Cemetery
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Williams Mausoleum, Homewood Cemetery
An Egyptian tomb extraordinary for its restraint: with none of the slightly cartoony Egyptian accoutrements that generally mark the style, it seems to return to the simplicity of the mid-nineteenth-century Egyptian Revival (compare, for example, the Walter mausoleum in the Allegheny Cemetery). The sloping sides, the projecting curves of the cornice and lintel, and the trapezoidal door frame are the elements that mark it as Egyptian.
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Gilchrist Stump, Homewood Cemetery
This may be the biggest rustic stump in Pittsburgh. It has the naturalistic shape and details usual in these monuments, with the addition of a fancy monogram for each dead Gilchrist on the stump of each sawed-off branch.
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Henry Aiken Cross, Homewood Cemetery
A tall and splendid Celtic cross, usually the mark of someone of Irish heritage. There is an Aiken Avenue not far from the Homewood Cemetery.
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Davis Mausoleum, Homewood Cemetery
One is tempted to describe this peculiar construction as “Doric Romanesque.” The rusticated stone and ponderous style cry out for Romanesque details, but instead we get smooth Doric columns and a smooth arch that seems to belong to another structure altogether. In fact, Father Pitt, who seldom passes a negative judgment on anyone’s mausoleum, is compelled by sheer honesty to say that he does not regard this design as a success. It is a cacophony rather than a harmony of disparate ideas. The bronze doors, however, are splendid, and no one can take that away from them.
