A very Victorian towering shaft topped with an urn. It probably dates from 1891, when A. R. Sloan died.
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Sloan Shaft, Homewood Cemetery
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Duncan Mausoleum, Union Dale Cemetery
There is nothing else remotely like this in Pittsburgh. This huge mausoleum supports a towering shaft with a recording angel at the top taking notes. It was designed by Theophilus P. Chandler Jr. (which always sounds to old Pa Pitt like the name of the villain in a Marx Brothers farce), the tastemaker of Philadelphia, and the architect of First Presbyterian Church downtown.
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Kloman Shaft, St. Mary’s Cemetery
A big urn on a towering shaft seems like a mixed metaphor, but it certainly makes the Kloman plot easy to find. It was probably put up in about 1879, when the first Kloman buried here died. There is generous space on the base for inscriptions, but nothing has ever been inscribed.
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Recording Angel on the Vallowe Shaft, South Side Cemetery
This angel is the guardian of the cemetery, taking careful notes about who has been stealing bronze doors from mausoleums. You have been warned.
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Stockton Monument, Allegheny Cemetery
A grand classical pillar for David Stockton, who died in 1858, and his family. Although age has softened the edges, the inscription was deep enough that it is still quite legible. Observant viewers will note the moon in the upper right corner of the picture.
