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Category: South Side Cemetery

A rural cemetery on rolling hills in Carrick, with many interesting mausoleums and monuments.


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Abraham Stump, South Side Cemetery

A sumptuous stump with peeled bark for the inscription and a bonus fern. Joseph Abraham died in 1861; his wife Mary Ann died in 1879, and the stump probably dates from then or later.

Father PittAuthor Father Pitt Posted on 20 December 2020 Category South Side Cemetery Tags Abraham Stumps

Illegible German Monument, South Side Cemetery

This still-splendid Gothic headstone has eroded to the point where the name is illegible, at least in this light. We can just make out “Hier ruhet in Gott” as the first line, and at the bottom a birth date of 1829 (or perhaps 1828) and a death date of 1880. On the base is an epitaph that might almost be legible in different light.

Father PittAuthor Father Pitt Posted on 16 December 2020 Category South Side Cemetery Tags German Gothic

Sunshine on the Sunshine Mausoleum

Golden winter sun illuminates the Sunshine mausoleum in the South Side Cemetery.

Father PittAuthor Father Pitt Posted on 16 December 2020 Category South Side Cemetery Tags Sunshine Mausoleums Gothic

Horning Mausoleum, South Side Cemetery

A large rustic mausoleum with medievalish columns. Like most mausoleums in this cemetery, it has lost its bronze doors, but unlike the others it has not been closed off with concrete blocks. It probably provides shelter for occasional homeless guests, and if old Pa Pitt had a mausoleum he would approve of that use.

Father PittAuthor Father Pitt Posted on 14 December 2020 Category South Side Cemetery Tags Horning Rustic Mausoleums

Homann Mausoleum, South Side Cemetery

An elegantly simple cube with rusticated stone blocks to add texture and shading. Unlike most of the mausoleums in this cemetery, this one has kept its bronze doors. One wonders whether the designer intended the shallow stepped roof as a subtle recollection of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus.

Father PittAuthor Father Pitt Posted on 14 December 2020 Category South Side Cemetery Tags Homann Mausoleums Rustic
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