Inside the Chapel Mausoleum
- At April 20, 2013
- By Doug Keister
- In Doug Keister's Blog
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Granite is the most preferred mausoleum building material. That is certainly the way it should be. When building for eternity, nothing outlasts granite. It is a good choice for mausoleum exteriors because of its durability and hardness as well as its uniform color.
Read More»Springtime and Renewal
- At April 08, 2013
- By Doug Keister
- In Doug Keister's Blog
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It’s springtime here in Northern California. Everything is blooming. Like many people in my community, I’ve been spending increasingly larger amounts of time outdoors. I’ve been doing a bit of gardening and taken a couple bicycle rides in a nearby park. I’ve also gone to a couple of cemeteries. The cemeteries are abloom with colorful flowers. Some of the first to push through the soil are daffodils and tulips. The newly budded flowers always remind me of the triumph of life.
Read More»Thinking Outside the Box
- At April 03, 2013
- By Doug Keister
- In Doug Keister's Blog
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We’re all familiar with the old saw “you only have one chance to make a first impression.” Turning the expression on its heels, you only have one chance to make a last impression. In the last couple decades, mausoleum architects and manufacturers have been constructing some truly remarkable last impressions. To coin another phrase, they are “thinking outside the box.”
Although the Golden Age of the Mausoleum was roughly from after the Civil War until the Great Depression, we seem to be entering a new Golden Age. Certainly Classical Revival Style mausoleums dominate cemetery grounds, but more and more creative, fantastical, one-of-a-kind mausoleums are beginning to pepper the cemetery landscape.
Read More»American Mausoleums: Mausoleum Entombment for Loved Ones
- At March 22, 2013
- By Dachary Carey
- In Mausoleum Design
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Looking back through the centuries, we see many architecturally outstanding mausoleums such as that of Akbar the Great, the Taj Mahal and of course, the Mausoleum at Halikarnassos (from where the word mausoleum derives). Each is a magnificent tribute to ones loved and lost. Although now significantly downscaled, mausoleum entombment continues, along with the tradition of respecting family legacy.
Today, American mausoleums are usually small buildings purchased by a community or large organization to hold bodies of the departed after a funeral. Private mausoleums, however, are on the rise due to the opportunity the individual or family has to design a unique and meaningful place of repose for both the living and the dead.
Read More»Mausoleum Pictures: Find Mausoleum Architecture
- At March 17, 2013
- By mausoleum
- In General Information
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Pictures of mausoleums are beautiful to view in their own right. Mausoleum architecture is as complex and diverse as that of any structures. Whether the mausoleum is a personal mausoleum crypt or a family mausoleum tomb, the mausoleum design can reflect the tastes and preferences of the deceased and the family in the same ways that their preferences and personalities are designed into their homes, professional structures, and even their vehicles. Just as a mausoleum pictures the personality of the beloved deceased, the structures of the living reflect their unique characters to the world around them.
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