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Bellefontaine Cemetery

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Bellefontaine Cemetery, Late Summer into Fall 2019

Posted on October 15, 2019 by Chris Naffziger

I think it’s important to realize that not all mausolea at Bellefontaine Cemetery are Beaux-Arts masterpieces. Some look like they could have come from the hills of Ireland, and landed in the middle of St. Louis. Likewise, not all obelisks… Continue Reading →

North Bellefontaine Cemetery, Cemeteries, Mausolea, Romanesque Revival
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Moll Monument, Bellefontaine Cemetery

Posted on September 28, 2019 by Chris Naffziger

What I love about Bellefontaine Cemetery is all the serendipitous discoveries I make, such as stumbling upon the Adolf (or Adolph) Moll monument and his large family plot on the northern edge of the cemetery. It turns out he was… Continue Reading →

North Bellefontaine Cemetery, Cemeteries, Monuments
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Ellie Koehler Lemp Grave, Bellefontaine Cemetery

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Chris Naffziger

Caspar Koehler, the father of Ellie, the second wife of William Lemp, Jr., was a brewer, and her first husband, Rudolph Limberg, was the president of the Columbia Brewing Co. Their son, Edward, died in 1939, a year and a… Continue Reading →

North Bellefontaine Cemetery, Cemeteries, Lemp
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Details, Lemp Mausoleum

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Chris Naffziger

The Lemp Mausoleum is less than half full, and probably will be forever. See the inside at this earlier post here.

North Bellefontaine Cemetery, Cemeteries, Lemp, Mausolea, Neo-Classicism
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Details, Wainwright Tomb

Posted on September 18, 2019 by Chris Naffziger

I’ve been coming by the Wainwright Tomb (designed by Louis Sullivan for the same man as the office building downtown) for over a decade, and it’s interesting to see how it’s changed over the years.

North Bellefontaine Cemetery, Cemeteries, Chicago School, Mausolea
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Louis Bach Grave, Bellefontaine Cemetery

Posted on September 17, 2019 by Chris Naffziger

North of his old friend and business partner, Adam Lemp’s grave, there is the family plot of Louis Bach, who also was active in politics and city government in pre-Civil War St. Louis. As my new research will show next… Continue Reading →

North Bellefontaine Cemetery, Cemeteries, Lemp, Lemp Brewery
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Bellefontaine Cemetery, From the Winter to Summer

Posted on August 19, 2019 by Chris Naffziger
North Bellefontaine Cemetery, Cemeteries, Gothic Revival, Greek Revival, Mausolea, Monuments, Neo-Classicism
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The Mudd Monument, Bellefontaine Cemetery

Posted on May 30, 2019 by Chris Naffziger

Senior citizens interested in attending my lecture at OASIS about influential architects who have left their marks on  St. Louis can sign up for a two-week class on June 12th and 19th, 2019, by clicking here and searching for class… Continue Reading →

North Bellefontaine Cemetery, Cemeteries, Monuments
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Baumhoff Monument, Bellefontaine Cemetery

Posted on May 12, 2019 by Chris Naffziger

George W. Baumhoff was the general manager of the St. Louis Transit Company. According to the Missouri History Museum, he owned an estate of several hundred acres out by Valley Park, called “Treecourt,” which I can verify is sort of… Continue Reading →

North Bellefontaine Cemetery, Cemeteries, Monuments
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Dameron Monument, Bellefontaine Cemetery

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Chris Naffziger

Logan D. Dameron seems to have been the president of the Southwestern Book and Publishing Company, and this monument sits on his burial plot. It has acquired quite a bit of patina on it over the years, with its Flamboyant… Continue Reading →

North Bellefontaine Cemetery, Cemeteries, Gothic Revival, Monuments

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