A moderately Art Deco interpretation of Gothic. In his brief visit, Father Pitt was not able to find any dated Armstrong headstones nearby, but the style would probably date this monument to the 1920s or 1930s.
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Daniel Negley Monument, Allegheny Cemetery
A romantic marble monument to one of the powerful Negley family.
DANL. NEGLEY
BORN
APRIL 10th 1802
DIED
DEC. 4th 1867In a different light the eroded inscription on the open book might be more legible, but many of the letters have disappeared.
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Dupey Mausoleum, Allegheny Cemetery
A small and simple rustic Romanesque mausoleum that still bears its decades of accumulated industrial blackness.
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Evelyn M. Simpson Monument, Allegheny Cemetery
JULY 26, 1836—MARCH 23, 1891
IN LASTING MEMORY OF THE
NOBLE INFLUENCE AND
COUNTLESS LOVING DEEDS OF
EVELYN M. SIMPSON
TEACHER IN
PITTSBURGH HIGH SCHOOL
1871—1891
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
PITTSBURGH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLA monument from her students to a beloved teacher who died young. In the late 1800s, going to high school was a privilege, even in public schools, since most working-class teenagers would probably have been helping support their families. Thus a high-school teacher might have a more appreciative audience, and the experience for the students might have been more like college and less like medium-security prison.
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B. F. Jones Monument, Allegheny Cemetery
We have seen this monument to steel baron B. F. Jones before, but the splashes of sun and shade, and the November colors, seemed picturesque enough to warrant seeing it again.
