Tag: Doric

  • A. E. Succop Mausoleum, Homewood Cemetery

    August Ernest Succop was interred here in 1931, but if Father Pitt had to guess, he would say that Mr. Succop had this mausoleum built for himself yeas before that. It has the correctly Doric style of the first part of the twentieth century. A good stained-glass window of the risen Christ is inside.

    A. E. Succop Mausoleum, Homewood Cemetery, 2015-05-24, 03

  • Homewood Cemetery Panorama

    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).

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.