Bellefontaine Cemetery, Early Spring 2018
The grass was just starting to green up, and the daffodils were blooming, but the leaves were not quite on the trees, so the cemetery was looking really interesting in the bright blue sky of Saturday.
Bellefontaine Cemetery
Wainwright Tomb Interior, Revisited
I photographed the interior of the Wainwright Tomb all the way back in November of 2008. It still is just as beautiful today as it was back then.
Side Windows, Lemp Mausoleum
I had seen the wonderful lily flower stained glass window in the Lemp Mausoleum, but I realized during my last visit that there are two side windows in the back, which are quite beautiful themselves.
Bixby Mausoleum
The Bixby Mausoleum is unique for several reasons; first of all, it uses much more rusticated stone than its neighbors. Secondly, its massive, gravity-defying curved front pediment appears to be the only one like it in the cemetery. It is… Continue Reading
Feickert Plot, Bellefontaine Cemetery
The Feickert Plot is right next to Adam Lemp’s plot, but there are no monuments, or marked graves.
Foerg Monument, Bellefontaine Cemetery
The Foerg Monument commemorates three burials of the family on the Adam Lemp Plot. Henry, Augusta and Ferdinand are three mysterious figures from St. Louis history that I am investigating. Stay tuned.
Adam Lemp Monument, Revisited
I’ve always been intrigued by the simplicity of Adam Lemp’s monument in Bellefontaine Cemetery. A large upright stone, sitting in a field of grass. His wife’s name is not mentioned on the monument, even though she is buried nearby.
David R. Francis Monument, Revisited
The nuts have been eaten since the last time I was here.
Ulrici Monument
The Ulrici grave site once featured a mausoleum, which was removed due to its condition.
Yeatman Monument
The relief sculpture on the Yeatman Monument is interesting; the clouds are very Baroque in their rendering. The stone is soft, unfortunately, so some of the detail is gone, but it is still in a great state of preservation.