Mount Auburn Cemetery Mausoleums, Cambridge, MA
In the 180 years since its consecration, Mount Auburn Cemetery has become more than a cemetery; it’s also a National Historic Landmark, a world-class arboretum and botanical garden, a habitat for urban wildlife, and a veritable museum of art and architecture. It’s a destination site, a historic landmark, an active burial ground, and an important reflection of changing culture and artistic taste.
Read More»Metairie Cemetery Mausoleums, New Orleans, Louisiana
Metairie Cemetery is home to the largest collection of marble tombs and funeral statuary in historic New Orleans. The cemetery is located within the New Orleans city limits, next to the area that was formerly Bayou Metairie. Metairie Cemetery was entered into the National Register of Historic Places in 1991, and is the burial place of many famous people from the region.
Read More»Mausoleum Restoration Brings Back a Beloved Memorial
- At August 20, 2013
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When a family builds a mausoleum, they devote a special memorial to a loved one that must stand the test of time and provide a lasting respite. Unfortunately, even the best-constructed mausoleums require maintenance to fight the ravages of time and the elements. Some mausoleum materials are less able to withstand the effects of climate and time. Repair and restoration services bring back a beloved memorial with everything from simple touch-up work to substantial restoration both inside and out.
Exterior Mausoleum Restoration
The elements are powerful; weathering impacts even the strongest mausoleum materials. Some materials, including marble, are more subject to the ravages of weathering, and can erode substantially or develop other structural issues. Mausoleums located in the northern United States undergo freeze and thaw cycles making them particularly vulnerable, with moisture causing damage to joints and eventually reaching the interior.
Mausoleum Art Exhibition Brings Back Figures of The Gilded Age
- At September 15, 2014
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One of the most famous cemeteries in the country is celebrating its 150th anniversary with a spectacular art party. As reported by the New York Times, the Bronx’s Woodlawn Cemetery is exhibiting its Gilded Age tombs at Columbia University’s Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, starting on Sept. 3: “Sylvan Cemetery: Architecture, Art and Landscape at Woodlawn.”
The exhibit features mausoleum artwork, furniture, stained glass, ironwork, and sculptures from the Gilded Age period (1870s to 1900). Curators of the exhibition took extra steps contextualize the pieces, including researching tomb designers and tomb inhabitants and reaching out to descendants of the deceased individuals entombed at Woodlawn.
Read More»Manhattan Almost Had an Owl Mausoleum on Skyline
- At August 02, 2015
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History is fascinating. Learning and researching people, structures, and events helps to bring a better understanding of the time that was. However, not all study of history is of things that came to be. Sometimes the more fascinating stories surround things that never were. One example of this was detailed in a very interesting article recently, involving a wealthy playboy, a philandering architect, and a 200-foot tall, hollowed owl mausoleum. Let us begin.
The story begins almost 110 years ago when, in an attempt to secure immortality, heir to the New York Herald publishing fortune James Bennett Gordon, Jr. commissioned the most sought after architect of the day, Stanford White, to design and build the home for his hereafter.
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