Old Pa Pitt is going to call this style Romanesque because of the medieval columns, rusticated stone, and rounded lintel; but it is perhaps a bit of a mixed metaphor in style. Like most of the mausoleums in the unguarded South Side Cemetery, it has lost its bronze doors, which have been replaced with ugly concrete blocks.
A fine and tasteful Art Deco stele that probably dates from 1933, when John E. Cook himself died. His wife and four of his six children died before him.
A weathered and damaged angel that is all the more picturesque for the damage. The right hand was probably strewing flowers when the statue was intact.
A simple rustic mausoleum, probably a stock model, immaculately kept, like everything in the West View Cemetery.
Rusticated blocks and Doric columns are a popular combination for good reason: the Doric style is simple enough to go well with rough-cut stone, which adds interest to the otherwise blank side walls.
