List of pyramid mausoleums in North America
This is a list of pyramid mausoleums in North America . This Egyptian Revival funerary architecture was generally an extravagance of American tycoons who wanted themselves remembered as long and as well as the ancient pharaohs . Many of these date from the 1890s to the 1920s, when older, more modest expressions of "Egyptomania" gave way to "Egyptian temples or pyramids replete with guardian sphinxes, lotus-bedecked urns and columns, and Egyptian- themed stained glass windows."[ 1]
Individuals and families
Gunckel Monument, Toledo, Ohio Henry Bergh Pyramid Mausoleum, Green-Wood Cemetery , Brooklyn, New York Bradbury Mausoleum, Mountain View Cemetery (Oakland, California)
Leslie C. Brand, Brand Park, Glendale, California
William Harry Brown Pyramid, Homewood Cemetery , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1898–1899)[ 1]
Marcus Brown Pyramid, Oakhill Cemetery , Grand Rapids, Michigan , design inspired by Pyramid of Cestius in Rome[ 2]
Brunswig Mausoleum, Metairie Cemetery , New Orleans, Louisiana
Nicolas Cage 's Future Tomb, Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1 , New Orleans , Louisiana Confederate Memorial Pyramid, Hollywood Cemetery , Richmond, Virginia
Dorn Pyramid, Oddfellows Cemetery, San Luis Obispo, California
Gardel Memorial, Mount Vernon Cemetery , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Lewis Grigsby Crypt, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery , Los Angeles, California[ 3] [ 4] John Gunckel Monument, Woodlawn Cemetery (Toledo, Ohio) , Toledo, Ohio Schoenhofen Mausoleum Gwin Mausoleum, Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California
Harms Family Mausoleum, Flower Hill Cemetery (North Bergen, New Jersey)
Mark Howard Pyramid, Cedar Hill Cemetery , Hartford, Connecticut
George W. P. Hunt , Hunt's Tomb , Phoenix, Arizona A.R.S. Hunter Pyramid, Murphy, North Carolina
Pyramid tomb of Major E.C Lewis, Mt Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, TN
Longstreet Mausoleum, Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, New York
C.O.G. Miller Pyramid Mausoleum, Mountain View Cemetery , Oakland, California
Mongin Family, Bonaventure Cemetery , Savannah, Georgia
Charles Debrille Poston , Poston Butte, Florence, Arizona Rucker Family Tomb, Evergreen Cemetery , Everett, Washington
Sahlberg Pyramid, Santa Barbara Cemetery , Santa Barbara, California
Schoenhofen Pyramid Mausoleum , Graceland Cemetery , Chicago, Illinois Shatto family, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, California[ 4]
Dr. Ira Smith's Pyramid, Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery , St. Francisville, Louisiana
Wm. Smith's Pyramid, Magnolia Cemetery , Charleston, South Carolina
Van Ness/Parsons Mausoleum, Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
Van Ness and Parsons, Brooklyn Vanderbilt family , Moravian Cemetery , Staten Island, NY Joel Parker Whitney, Spring Valley Ranch, Rocklin, California Gardel Memorial in Mount Vernon Cemetery , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Vanderhorst Mausoleum at Magnolia Cemetery in Charleston, South Carolina is not a pyramid but is a similar example of "Egyptomania"
Known but unidentified
Multiple burials
See also
References
^ a b c Giguere, Joy M. (2014). Characteristically American: Memorial Architecture, National Identity, and the Egyptian Revival . University of Tennessee Press. pp. 211– 214. ISBN 9781621900399 ^ Ellison, Garret Ellison (2012-08-30). "Amazing architecture, stories behind Grand Rapids' past power brokers shared in upcoming cemetery tour" . Michigan Live . Retrieved 2022-12-20 . ^ "The mausoleum of Emma and Louis Grigsby, sheaded in black slate, is a highlight of Angeles-Rosedale Cemetery -- the first in Los Angeles open to all races and creeds. This is one of several Egyptian pyramid-themed crypts in the park, which opened in 1884, 04/07/05, LC-DIG-pplot-13725-01368 (digital file from LC-HS503-493)" . Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA . Retrieved 2022-12-20 .^ a b Stern, Bill (1996-05-05). "All the Way From Memphis" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2022-12-20 .
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