An unusual style Father Pitt might call “Deco Romanesque.” The shape and tasteful restraint of the design are more in line with the Renaissance style, but the arch is trimmed with Romanesque details.
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McKinney Mausoleum, Homewood Cemetery
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Benedum Mausoleum, Homewood Cemetery
Michael Late Benedum, the oil baron, and his wife Sarah built this Renaissance palazzo in 1919 after their only son Claude died of the Spanish flu in 1918. Michael himself didn’t move in until 1959. There are three gorgeous stained-glass windows inside, of which only one can be easily photographed without gaining access to the interior.
This mausoleum is the only one in the cemetery that is wired for electricity. For all Father Pitt knows, it may have Internet and cable as well. The power is needed to run a heating system that prevents condensation.
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Rev. Frank Ferenck Stump, Homewood Cemetery
KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA Another variation on the popular rustic stump, this one with an open book hanging from a rope for the inscription. The monument tells us that the Rev. Frank Ferenck was a Hungarian Reformed minister; and there is an epitaph in Hungarian, which is a language of which Father Pitt is almost entirely ignorant. Google Translate thinks it means “the beloved Pastor fish temples.”
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Moore Monument, Homewood Cemetery
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA A rustic boulder with an angel in high relief presides over matching rustic headstones. It probably dates from about 1899.
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T. Marshall Mausoleum, Homewood Cemetery
An unusual Romanesque mausoleum—particularly unusual in being half-sunk into a hill. The rusticated stone, round arch, and leafy ornament, however, are all standard marks of the Romanesque style.
