Mayer Tumulus
Louis Mayer
(?-October 19, 1909)
One of the most interesting tombs at Kensico (indeed, it is one of the most unique tombs in the United States) is the Mayer mausoleum. The mausoleum was featured in an iconic tomb tome Memorial Art: Ancient and Modern authored by Harry A Bliss in 1914.
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An ever-watchful bronze elk peeks over the pediment of the tumulus of the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks number 30. Although there are only 18 crypts inside the tomb, the bronze doors secure the remains of dozens of fallen Elks, since the crypts are emptied periodically and the bones are neatly piled elsewhere in the tomb. The tomb was designed by prominent New Orleans monument architect Albert Weiblen in 1912. Weiblen warned the engineer responsible for building the tomb that it needed a beefed up foundation since it was right next to a canal, but Weiblen’s advice went unheeded. The tomb, 75 years later, has a pronounced tilt.
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Riding astride his noble steed, Fire Eater, General Albert Sidney Johnston, Confederate States of America, directs his troops to charge the Federal lines on the first day of the Battle of Shiloh. Seconds later he was felled by a Yankee bullet, ending his short, but illustrious, career. Now, he is frozen for all time directing automobiles, trucks and motorhomes speeding toward downtown New Orleans on Interstate 10. The General and his steed crown the Benevolent Association, Army of Tennessee, Louisiana Division tumulus in Metairie Cemetery.
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