Tag: Vrydaugh & Wolfe

  • Heinz Mausoleum, Homewood Cemetery

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    Generations of H. J. Heinzes have been buried here, and the large underground chamber still has room for more. The architects were Vrydaugh & Wolfe, who also designed Warwick House, Howard Heinz’ mansion in Squirrel Hill.

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    Heinz mausoleum

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  • Heinz Mausoleum, Homewood Cemetery

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    This magnificent Roman temple holds more dead people than any other mausoleum in the Homewood Cemetery, with an extensive basement accessible by a removable section of mosaic floor. (How’s that for a scene in a Gothic novel?) H. J. Heinz, the pickle and ketchup king, and generations of his descendants are buried here, including his great-grandson Senator John Heinz.

    Addendum: The architects of the mausoleum were Vrydaugh & Wolfe, who also designed Warwick House for Howard Heinz.