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.
Read More»The Last Link to a Bygone Era: Civil War Mausoleum To Be Restored
- At September 11, 2014
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It’s difficult to envision a cemetery that was once “the center of town life,” but the grounds at Zion Chapel on Hilton Head Island (off the coast of South Carolina) was just that. The cemetery was the heart of the island’s settlements in the pre-Civil War period until Union soldiers invaded in 1861 and was the final resting place of numerous Civil War soldiers.
The cemetery has weathered the last 165 years, but now its historic Banyard Mausoleum is on the brink of collapsing, and the Heritage Library Foundation hopes to raise $175,000 for renovations. The group intends to preserve the historic antebellum architecture of the structure, which is the island’s oldest and only surviving building from the Civil War period. It houses the remains of affluent planter William Eddings Banyard and his family. The marble-covered crypt holds 21 burial chambers that are still intact, though only seven people were interred within.
Read More»Green-Wood Cemetery Mausoleums, Brooklyn, New York
One of America’s earliest rural garden cemeteries, Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York is a significant historical site, in addition to being an active cemetery. Founded in 1838, Green-Wood Cemetery today spans more than 475 acres and is the final resting place for over 560,000 individuals – and has one of the largest collections of 19th and 20th century statuary and mausoleums. Green-Wood Cemetery is a Revolutionary War historic site, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2006.
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