Is a Community Mausoleum Right for You?
- At March 27, 2014
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A community mausoleum offers affordable mausoleum interment options for families whose budgets don’t support private mausoleums. Community mausoleums have benefits beyond price, though there are some areas in which private mausoleum interment offers more customization and peace of mind.
Community Mausoleums Offer Affordable Interment Options
One of the primary reasons that families choose interment in a community mausoleum instead of a private mausoleum is the affordability of community mausoleum interment. Being interred in a community mausoleum is a fraction of the cost of a private family mausoleum.
Read More»Climate controlled mausoleum holding nearly 3,000 planned on Staten Island
- At June 17, 2014
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A new mausoleum designed to hold 1,300 cremation urns and 1,500 caskets is scheduled to be opened at Staten Island’s Moravian Cemetery in March 2015.
The mausoleum is being built to solve the issue of limited burial space at the 113-acre cemetery, and on Staten Island in general. Plans call for the mausoleum to be a climate-controlled indoor structure with air conditioning, heating, and a security system.
The mausoleum will offer community niches and casket spaces, as well as more private spaces. At the higher end of the mausoleum offerings are three family rooms with windows and streaming sunlight, one of which can hold up to 24 people, and the other two of which can hold 12.
Mausoleum Design Inspiration
Moravian Cemetery’s new mausoleum reflects the growing trend for not only community mausoleums, but also for private mausoleums that offer state-of-the-art features and exceptional design.
Read More»Classical Revival Mausoleum: Mausoleum Styles and Architecture
- At March 21, 2013
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The most common type of mausoleum architecture is Classical Revival. It is easy to identify by its columns and column capitals, which are classified into “orders,” generally recognized as Doric, Tuscan, Ionic, Corinthian and Composite. Doric and Tuscan architecture developed about the same time, but most scholars think that Doric, despite having more ornamentation, emerged first.
Doric architecture can be divided into Grecian Doric and Roman Doric. The best known Doric building is the Parthenon, built in Athens around 450 B.C.. Doric architecture is identified by its tapering, fluted columns that rise directly from the base (stylobate) and are crowned by plain capitals. Roman Doric columns are also fluted and crowned by plain capitals, but have a base.
Read More»Allegheny Cemetery Mausoleums, Pittsburgh, PA
Allegheny Cemetery, the sixth oldest rural cemetery in America, memorializes more than 124,000 souls. Some of the oldest graves are from the French and Indian War, and have been moved here from their former burial site at the Trinity Cathedral in downtown Pittsburgh. Allegheny Cemetery is the final resting place of many of Pittsburgh’s notables. This picturesque cemetery is a member of the National Register of Historic Places.
Read More»A Home After The Sunset
- At August 14, 2015
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The sun provides for us. Its rays shower us with warmth and allow for the plant and animal life on this planet to survive and to thrive. One person, in particular, credits the sun with his own success in life. Ron Rice, you see, is the founder of the Hawaiian Tropic brand of suntan lotions. And at age 75, he is preparing for the setting of the sun on this life he has led.
Just north of Daytona Beach, Florida is the community of Ormond Beach. It is in this small community that Rice has just completed the construction of his 6 crypt mausoleum for himself, his ex-wife, and his daughter. He explains the three additional crypts are reserved for any future grandchildren provided him by his daughter.
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