
Yet another silent-movie-set Egyptian temple, but this one unexpectedly delights us with a stained-glass window that looks like a poster for the movie.

Yet another silent-movie-set Egyptian temple, but this one unexpectedly delights us with a stained-glass window that looks like a poster for the movie.
Father Pitt does not know the sculptor of this exceptionally fine angel, probably Gabriel waiting for the Conductor’s signal to come in with his trumpet solo. But thanks to a site in Rhode Island, he does know that the memorial was built from blue Westerly granite; that it was ordered in March of 1902, several months before Mr. Daub died; and that the cost was $8000, which was a fair bit of money.
Most notable for its exceptionally fine stained glass, this mausoleum, which at first looks like a standard-issue miniature classical temple, is also one of the few in Pittsburgh with columns of the Composite order.