A rusticated temple in the Modern Ionic style, notable for its fine stained glass. The painting in the face and lilies has faded, but we can still imagine how it must have looked when it was fresh.
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McCluen Mausoleum, Homewood Cemetery
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Maginn Mausoleum, St. Mary’s Cemetery
Tucked against the unflattering backdrop of Children’s Hospital, this is an unusual Gothic design, heavy and Pittsburghy, with an exceptionally splendid iron door that appears to have been plated originally.
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Andrew Jackman Mausoleum, St. Mary’s Cemetery
An impressive Ionic temple, larger than usual for a mausoleum of this type—note the double bronze doors.
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Henry Mausoleum, Allegheny Cemetery
This little Romanesque mausoleum reminds Father Pitt of a Yorkshire terrier: it makes up for its small size with an outsized attitude, including castle-like turrets at the corners. The statue on the top has suffered much from the industrial atmosphere, but it is still picturesque. David F. Henry was in the auction business, which apparently paid well.
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Fleming Mausoleum, Allegheny Cemetery
A splendid Doric temple built in 1901 for a patent-medicine king. We tend to forget that, though steel made Pittsburgh’s reputation, throughout the nineteenth century the city was also a very important center of the patent-medicine business. Perhaps we’d rather forget it, but old Pa Pitt is here to remind us of the fact every once in a while.
