A panorama of part of the high-rent district in the Homewood Cemetery, including examples of the three best-known classical orders: the Burleigh mausoleum (Ionic), the Bigelow mausoleum (Doric), and the Pitcairn mausoleum (Corinthian).
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Homewood Cemetery Panorama
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Scaife Mausoleum, Allegheny Cemetery
The Scaifes are intertwined with the Mellons, making them very rich. This mausoleum was built for them in 1914, and it is still in use: billionaire news mogul Richard Mellon Scaife, who patterned his life after the movie Citizen Kane, is its most recent resident, having been laid to rest here in 2014.
The stained-glass angel inside is very good; Father Pitt regrets that he does not know the artist.
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Charles F. Schwab Mausoleum, Mount Royal Cemetery
This particular Charles F. Schwab died in 1928, according to the inscription on his vault; Hendershaws were added later, and their name inscribed in the blank space on the lintel. This is a simple rustic mausoleum with a Doric front. Its best feature, unfortunately badly damaged, is a stained-glass window of a woman feeding a swan.
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Myers Mausoleum, Allegheny Cemetery
This simple Doric temple received its first burial in 1896. Inside is a fine window of an angel bearing lilies and laying a victor’s wreath at the grave.
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James Wood Friend Mausoleum, Allegheny Cemetery
A fine Doric mausoleum; like a gentleman’s suit, it is designed not to stand out, but to be just a little better and more tasteful than what everyone else is wearing this year. James Wood Friend died in 1909; he may have had this mausoleum built for him before that.
