Tag: Wreaths

  • B. F. Jones Monument, Allegheny Cemetery

    Jones monument

    Like a stone mushroom, this is the visible outcropping of an underground mausoleum. Instead of a heroic statue of steel baron Benjamin Franklin Jones, we get a contemplative allegorical pair, one laying a wreath and palm of victory where his body is buried, the other looking upward hoping to find the real B. F. Jones in that direction. Old Pa Pitt hopes so, too.

    Statue group
    Detail of the statues

    We have more pictures of the B. F. Jones monument from 2014.

  • Fred. W. Hartung Monument, West Liberty Cemetery

    This monument is eroding into illegibility, but as of now it is still possible to read the inscription if we catch it in a certain light:

    FRED. W. HARTUNG.
    DIED JAN. 111, 1903.
    AGED 27 YRS.

    AT REST.