Pittsburgh Cemeteries

The Art and Architecture of Death

Fleming Mausoleum, Allegheny Cemetery

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Fleming mausoleum

Almost certainly modeled after the Temple of Hephaestus in Athens, this is about as archaeologically correct as Doric architecture gets in Pittsburgh. It is one of the few peripteral mausoleum designs you will find in Pittsburgh cemeteries, peripteral meaning that it has columns on all sides.

Fleming mausoleum

Fleming mausoleum

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