A typical Doric mausoleum made exceptional by its picturesque setting on a hill.
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The Art and Architecture of Death
The Art and Architecture of Death
A typical Doric mausoleum made exceptional by its picturesque setting on a hill.
A large Doric temple near the entrance to the cemetery. It is very much a gentleman’s mausoleum: it is most distinguished by its lack of distinguishing features, concentrating instead on getting every detail of the style perfectly correct.
A small Doric mausoleum distinguished by its arched doorway, rare in Doric mausoleums in Pittsburgh. (Old Pa Pitt has a backlog of cemetery pictures with fall colors, so don’t be surprised to see more of them this winter.)
A modest rustic temple with Doric columns. Like most mausoleums in the South Side Cemetery, it has lost its bronze doors, and the gap has been filled with concrete blocks.
Rusticated blocks and Doric columns are a popular combination for good reason: the Doric style is simple enough to go well with rough-cut stone, which adds interest to the otherwise blank side walls.
A Doric mausoleum distinguished by its rusticated stone everywhere but the columns.
This small Doric mausoleum bears a fine life-size sculpture with an ungrammatical inscription that always irritates old Pa Pitt every time he sees it.
A simple and traditional Doric mausoleum in a beautiful fall landscape. Mr. Succop was the president of the Germania Savings Bank and on the board of a number of other banks and manufacturers.
A sturdy-looking Doric mausoleum built in 1895. It looks even sturdier because the entrance, where there were probably once bronze doors, has been filled in with concrete.
A tasteful Doric monument with a big blank canvas for inscriptions that was never used; instead, George and Caroline Lang have their inscriptions on their own individual resting places. The monument looks as though it may be newer than the graves themselves.