08 October 2010

Cause of death

From Liverpool Cemetery, Liverpool, NY:

The neatest find from this one, and I happened to park my car right beside it! A fair-sized obelisk, some nice, if basic, drapery/garland/urn motifs...

But on one side, it presents a deceased child-- and actually includes a cause of death! In this case, he "drowned in the canal."

Sit back

From Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA:

An otherwise uninteresting mausoleum made nifty by the statue of a dapper gentleman, lightly holding a top hat, no less, perched over the entrance.



07 October 2010

More columns

From Rome Cemetery, Rome, NY:

A very column-based mausoleum.


And nearby, a columned headstone:

06 October 2010

Vigilance

From Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta:

Gargoyles on a lovely, Gothicy mausoleum!




The whole front view:


Side view including rear windows:

05 October 2010

A reformed man

From Southern Onondaga Cemetery:

An interesting epitaph...I'm curious about how he was reformed, and whether he actually converted/reaffirmed himself to his faith, or if it's just symbolic language.

He died a reformed man,
a true christian, and is gone
to share with the
blest.

The full view of William Newman's side of the obelisk. Note the subtle geometric patterns and lightly carved feathers (visible above).