Classical temples roam in herds through the Homewood Cemetery. Here we see four of them dappled with late-afternoon sun.
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Classical Mausoleums in the Homewood Cemetery
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Riter Mausoleum, Homewood Cemetery
A large Doric temple near the entrance to the cemetery. It is very much a gentleman’s mausoleum: it is most distinguished by its lack of distinguishing features, concentrating instead on getting every detail of the style perfectly correct.
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Hemphill Mausoleum, Homewood Cemetery
A classic Ionic temple with rusticated walls.
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Winter Mausoleum, Allegheny Cemetery
We have seen this extravagant structure more than once before, but it is always worth trying to improve on our images. Here it is again. It was designed by John Russell Pope, architect of the Jefferson Memorial, National Archives, National Gallery of Art, &c., &c., and it is nearly identical to the F. W. Woolworth mausoleum in the Bronx.
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Swartz Mausoleum, Homewood Cemetery
A simple rustic mausoleum half set into the hill, with a porch featuring Tuscan columns, a kind of simplified Doric order (classical architectural writers do not distinguish it from Doric).
