St Louis Patina
Menu Close
  • Home
  • About
  • Architectural Styles
  • Central St. Louis
  • City Map
  • Downtown
  • Further Afield
  • Metro East
  • North St. Louis
  • South St. Louis
  • Special Topics
  • St. Louis County
  • Surrounding Region
  • The Lemp Story

Calvary Cemetery

2

Calvary Cemetery, Summer 2020

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Chris Naffziger

This interesting enclosure at Calvary Cemetery is rare in St. Louis cemeteries; it is Gothic Revival in style and still has plenty of room left in it, as it seems like the burials are around the outside so far. Joseph… Continue Reading →

North Calvary Cemetery, Cemeteries, Egyptian Revival, Gothic Revival, Neo-Classicism, Sculpture
3

Crucifixes and Monuments, Calvary Cemetery

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Chris Naffziger

There are some nice monuments near the entrance of Calvary Cemetery, some modern, some more classical. I took a look on a sunny day. In a Roman Catholic cemetery, there are more overt crucifixes, such as the one below Christ… Continue Reading →

North Calvary Cemetery, Cemeteries, Neo-Classicism
0

Frank Spiekerman Mausoleum, Calvary Cemetery

Posted on June 14, 2020 by Chris Naffziger

The Frank Spiekerman Mausoleum in Calvary Cemetery is unique in that the full name of the owner is written across its front, and it is the most prominent Egyptian Revival edifice in the cemetery. Bellefontaine Cemetery has the very beautiful… Continue Reading →

North Calvary Cemetery, Cemeteries, Egyptian Revival, Mausolea
2

Death of St. Joseph, Calvary Mausoleum, Revisited

Posted on June 13, 2020 by Chris Naffziger

I took another look at the sculpture group from St. Liborius, which was moved from the church when it closed to the mausoleum at Calvary Cemetery. It is framed by Modernist windows by Emil Frei, which is fitting as it… Continue Reading →

North Calvary Cemetery, Cemeteries, Mausolea, St. Liborius Church
0

Calvary Cemetery, Late May 2020

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Chris Naffziger

In one of the more spectacular examples of natural selection being exhibited by a tree, I realized there was a sapling growing from the inside of the dome of the Biddle Mausoleum in Calvary Cemetery. I hadn’t noticed when I… Continue Reading →

North Calvary Cemetery, Cemeteries, Mausolea, Neo-Classicism
1

Kerens Mausoleum, Calvary Cemetery, Revisited

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Chris Naffziger

I always enjoy it when readers bring my attention back to a building I’ve only cursorily looked at in the past, or that I’ve never heard about before. The Kerens Mausoleum in Calvary Cemetery is a great example; I took… Continue Reading →

North Beaux-Arts, Calvary Cemetery, Crime, Mausolea, Neo-Classicism
4

Calvary Cemetery, Early June 2019

Posted on July 10, 2019 by Chris Naffziger

I felt as if I was in Scotland again when I visited Calvary Cemetery recently. After all of the rain and warm temperatures, there seems to be a haze over the city and rolling hills, and everything is so green.… Continue Reading →

North Calvary Cemetery, Cemeteries, Monuments, Neo-Classicism
0

Berthold Monument, Calvary Cemetery

Posted on July 9, 2019 by Chris Naffziger

Frederick A. Berthold had many children, but three of them apparently did not make it out of childhood. The monument is very close to the Sarpy-Morrison plot from yesterday. He died at the age of 48 in 1868.

North Calvary Cemetery, Cemeteries
3

Sarpy-Morrison Plot, Calvary Cemetery

Posted on July 8, 2019 by Chris Naffziger
North Americana, Calvary Cemetery, Cemeteries, Monuments, Neo-Classicism
4

A Side Altar from St. Liborius, Calvary Cemetery

Posted on May 29, 2016 by Chris Naffziger

Update: I photographed and identified this group in May of 2020. The sculpture group I found long ago in Calvary Cemetery’s mausoleum came from one of the transept altars, as can be seen below. Sadly, that altar, or what is… Continue Reading →

North Calvary Cemetery, Cemeteries, Churches, Gothic Revival, Mausolea, St. Liborius Church, St. Louis Place

Post navigation

Older Articles

Search

PATINA

Pronunciation:
\pə-ˈtē-nə, ˈpa-tə-nə\
1 a: a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color b: a surface appearance of something grown beautiful especially with age or use; 2: an appearance or aura that is derived from association, habit, or established character; 3: a superficial covering or exterior

© 2007-2021 Chris Naffziger, St. Louis Patina. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced, displayed, modified or distributed without the express prior written permission of the copyright holder.

Recent Comments

  • Chris Naffziger on Historic American Buildings Survey in Soulard
  • Philip Kemmerlin on Old Merck and Co. Manfacturing Chemists and Herf and Frerichs Chemical Company
  • Bill on Historic American Buildings Survey in Soulard
  • Corey on QAEKR
  • joanie adams on Old St. Edward’s Roman Catholic Church

Archives

Tags

Abandoned Buildings Apartment Buildings Art-Deco Arts and Crafts Style Beaux-Arts Benton Park West Bridges Cemeteries Central Illinois Churches Demolition Deserted Early Twentieth Century Eclectic Early Vernacular Factories Gothic Revival Greek Revival Historic Buildings Houses Hyde Park Illinois In-Fill Italianate JeffVanderLou Midtown Missouri Modernism Neo-Classicism Office Buildings Parks Redevelopment Rehabilitation Romanesque Revival Ruins Schools Second Empire Skyscrapers Small Towns St. Louis Place Storefronts Tudor Revival Vacant Lots Warehouses West County Yeatman

Press

7585782 Image by Jennifer Silverberg

Blogroll

  • America's Lost Colleges
  • B.E.L.T.
  • Bad Mansard
  • Big Map Blog
  • Built St. Louis
  • Churches Under God
  • History Happens Here
  • Lafayette Square Archives
  • Matt Kile
  • Rare Historical Photos
  • St. Louis Brick
  • St. Louis City Talk
  • St. Louis Explorer
  • Vanishing St. Louis

Sanborn Key

Sanborn Key

Stlouisintegration

Stlouisintegrationcorpsystems

Supported By St. Louis Integration Corporate System Support and Design

Mission

A Blog detailing the beauty of St. Louis architecture and the buildup of residue-or character-that accumulates over the course of time.

Email the Author

naffziger (at) gmail.com
RSS Subscribe
© 2021 St Louis Patina. All rights reserved.
Hiero by aThemes