Tag: Receiving Vaults

  • Columbarium, Union Dale Cemetery

    Columbarium

    Built in 1878, this was originally the receiving vault for the cemetery: if you died in the winter when it was impossible to dig, you would rest here until spring. Now it is a columbarium, a place where cremated remains are kept. It is a masterpiece of Victorian Gothic architecture.

    Strange as it seems, old Pa Pitt has never published pictures of this building before, although he has been accumulating them for years.

    Columbarium
    Date stone: 1878
    Ornamental detail
    Capital
    Columbarium
    Side view

    The pictures below are from November of 2021.

    Columbarium in November
    Columbarium
    Columbarium