Pittsburgh Cemeteries

The Art and Architecture of Death

Brown Pyramid, Homewood Cemetery

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Brown pyramid

This pyramid, almost certainly the most-photographed mausoleum in the cemetery, was designed for William Harry Brown, banker and heir to a shipping empire, by Alden & Harlow, Andrew Carnegie’s favorite architects. It was built in 1898.

Doorway to the Brown pyramid

Brown pyramid

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