I stopped by Washington Park Cemetery to check on how it was doing since the City of Berkeley took over custody of the historic African American burial ground. It had been going through at least thirty years of poor management… Continue Reading
Things are looking good around Bellefontaine Cemetery this spring, and I took the opportunity to walk around different parts of the grounds to see how the historic mausolea and tombs were doing. First up is this trio of two obelisks… Continue Reading
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
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
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
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
The story of Thomas Howell is fascinating; he was an early settler out in St. Charles County, having originally been born in North Carolina. He is buried in the cemetery that bears his name, and his house was still standing… Continue Reading
Starting out in the countryside near Augusta, Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church dates back to 1851. Its building is a wonderful example of a wood frame Gothic Revival church; I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a Catholic church that… Continue Reading
Chuck Berry is interred in a large mausoleum off Mason Road, just south of Olive Boulevard in West County in Bellerive Gardens Cemetery. It is a new building, as far a I can tell, and is constructed of blue granite… Continue Reading
For all my readers who are fans of Lemp history, I made an interesting discovery in my research of the founder of the dynasty, Adam Lemp. When he purchased the property for the brewery on the Levee in 1844, the… Continue Reading