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Built 1907 Architects - Sproatt & Rolph .... in Greek Revival style .... George A Cox (1840-1914) was a Canadian Senator/politican, a total of sixteen family members are interred in the Cox Mausoleum ....
Built 1907 Architects - Sproatt & Rolph .... Final resting place of Timothy Eaton (1834-1907) & 18 relatives. Eaton founded the Eaton's department store chain in 1869, which became one of the most important & influential department stores in Canada, filed for bankruptcy in 1999. The Eaton Mausoleum is modeled after the famous Maison Carrée of 16 BC at Nîmes, France, regarded as the best preserved of any surviving Roman temple. The majority of granite used in building the Eaton Mausoleum, particularly the columns and the expertly crafted Corinthian capitals, were imported from Scotland ....
Built 1907 .... Architects - Sproatt & Rolph .... The Eaton family's mausoleum at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, with lions by American sculptor, Eli Harvey .... The lion serves as a guardian in the cemetery, protecting a tomb from unwanted visitors and evil spirits. It symbolizes the courage and bravery of the departed.
Lions in the cemetery can usually be found sitting on top of vaults and tombs, watching over the final resting place of the departed. They also represent the courage, power, and strength of the deceased individual ....
.... James Fluke was born in County Down, Northern Ireland in 1824 and came to Canada with his family around 1829. People visiting the cemetery, are under the impression the title over his mausoleum means that James Fluke was a steamship captain. Fluke’s title comes from the fact that he was a militia captain in the 3rd Company, Cartwright Volunteers, 45th Battalion, West Durham Regiment. In his later life, James Fluke became a wealthy man and made his home in Toronto with his wife Charlotte. Fluke died on April 12, 1894 at the age of 70. Charlotte passed away on October 27, 1920 and was buried with her husband in the “Captain Fluke” mausoleum ....
Built 1872 Architect - Henry Langley .... in High Victorian Gothic style .... Attached to the side of the chapel and spanning the walking and driving entrances to the cemetery is a large white, wooden gate archway. The gable roof is covered by tri-chromatic slate tiles to match the adjacent chapel roof ....
Built 1907 Architects - Sproatt & Rolph .... Final resting place of Timothy Eaton (1834-1907) & 18 relatives. Eaton founded the Eaton's department store chain in 1869, which became one of the most important & influential department stores in Canada, filed for bankruptcy in 1999. The Eaton Mausoleum is modeled after the famous Maison Carrée of 16 BC at Nîmes, France, regarded as the best preserved of any surviving Roman temple. The majority of granite used in building the Eaton Mausoleum, particularly the columns and the expertly crafted Corinthian capitals, were imported from Scotland ....
Built 1872 Architect - Henry Langley .... in High Victorian Gothic style .... The chapel, bell tower and office of the superintendent, located at the Necropolis Cemetery ....
Built 1907 Architects - Sproatt & Rolph .... Final resting place of Timothy Eaton (1834-1907) & 18 relatives. Eaton founded the Eaton's department store chain in 1869, which became one of the most important & influential department stores in Canada, filed for bankruptcy in 1999. The Eaton Mausoleum is modeled after the famous Maison Carrée of 16 BC at Nîmes, France, regarded as the best preserved of any surviving Roman temple ....
According to one source, this Classical Revival mausoleum was designed by noted architect Albert Kahn.
Framed by a perfect blue sky and a symmetrical arc of neoclassical stone, the Military Women’s Memorial stands as a solemn tribute to the more than three million women who have served in the United States Armed Forces. Located at the ceremonial entrance to Arlington National Cemetery in Washington D.C., this photo captures the serene yet powerful facade of the nation’s only major national memorial honoring women’s contributions to the military across all branches and eras.
Designed by architects Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi, the structure—officially called the Women In Military Service For America Memorial—was completed in 1997 and integrates seamlessly into the historic landscape. It was built into the existing Hemicycle, an imposing semicircular retaining wall originally intended as part of a ceremonial gateway but left unused since the 1930s. In this view, the monumental granite arch commands attention at the center, framed by clean lines, open walkways, and elegant balustrades.
The memorial is more than architectural splendor; it functions as a museum, archive, and gathering place. Inside, visitors can explore exhibitions, personal stories, and artifacts that illuminate the complex and often underrepresented history of women in uniform—from Revolutionary War heroes disguised as men to contemporary combat commanders. At the heart of the interior is a computerized Register, cataloging the service records of women who have worn the nation’s uniform, preserving their legacies for future generations.
This photograph, taken in daylight under ideal conditions, emphasizes the clarity of the structure’s lines and the harmony between human design and natural surroundings. Leafless trees on the horizon echo the memorial's stark dignity, while the circular plaza in the foreground invites contemplation.
Located just across Memorial Avenue from the iconic Arlington Cemetery Welcome Center, the memorial is an essential stop for any visitor wishing to understand the full scope of American military service. It’s a space for quiet reflection, formal ceremonies, and education—especially on Veterans Day, Memorial Day, and during events celebrating Women’s History Month.
The Military Women’s Memorial stands as a crucial corrective to the historical erasure of women’s service. It tells a broader American story—of duty, perseverance, and change—etched in stone and carried forward through storytelling. This image captures the physical and symbolic gateway to that narrative, as timeless and resilient as the women it honors.
The Frazer Brothers Memorial is a peristyle monument that features terraced steps and a circle of Doric columns topped by a cap or dome.
The Dodge Brothers, Horace and John, are buried in one of Woodlawn's most impressive mausoleums. They were first suppliers to the Ford Motor Company and Henry Ford and then branched out as independent manuifacturers. Both died in 1920. The mausoleum was built by the Lloyd Brothers Company of Toledo, Ohio, in 1915.
Sir Samuel Wilson (7 February 1832 – 11 June 1895) was an Irish-born Australian pastoralist and politician, and later a British Member of Parliament.
Wilson was born in Ballycloughan, County Antrim, Ireland, in 1832. He was educated at Ballymena and at first intended taking up civil engineering. For three years he worked for a brother-in-law [Robert Chesney], a linen manufacturer, but in 1852 decided to emigrate to Australia. He arrived in Melbourne in May 1852 and worked on the goldfields, but a few months later decided to join two brothers who had preceded him to Australia, and had a pastoral property in the Wimmera. He was made manager of one of their holdings, and selling a small property he had in Ireland, with his brothers bought Longerenong station for £40,000. He dug waterholes and made dams on the property which much improved and increased its carrying capacity.
Yanko station in the Riverina was then purchased and much improved. In 1869 Wilson bought his brothers' interests in their stations, afterwards bought other stations in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland, and became very wealthy. He was interested in the Acclimatization Society of Victoria and in 1873 wrote pamphlets on the angora goat, and on the ostrich. In 1878 a paper he had written was expanded into a volume, The Californian Salmon With an Account of its Introduction into Victoria, and published in the same year. In 1879 another edition of this was published in London under the title, Salmon at the Antipodes.
In 1874 Wilson gave the University of Melbourne £30,000 which with accrued interest was expended on a building in the Gothic style now known as the Wilson Hall. It was the most considerable gift or bequest that the university had received up to then. In the following year he was elected a member of the Victorian Legislative Council (1875-1881) and Legislative Assembly (1861-64) for the Western Province, but he never took a very prominent part in politics. About the beginning of 1881 he went to England with his family and leased Hughenden Manor, once the property of the Earl of Beaconsfield. He twice contested seats for the House of Commons without success, but in 1886 was elected as a Conservative for Portsmouth and sat until 1892. In September 1893 he again came to Victoria and stayed until March 1895. He became ill soon after his return to England and died on 11 June 1895, and is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery, London.
He was knighted in 1875. He married in 1861 a daughter of the Hon. W. Campbell who survived him with four sons and three daughters.
His eldest son, Lieut.-Colonel Gordon Chesney Wilson, married Lady Sarah Isabella Churchill, sister of Lord Randolph Churchill.
His daughter Maud Margaret Wilson married Warner Hastings, 15th Earl of Huntingdon.
Kensal Green Cemetery, London
The Snell Mausoleum was designed by noted architect Louis Kamper, who designed the Book-Cadillac Hotel and the Water Board Building, among others, in Detroit.
The two sphinxes at the Dodge Brothers Mausoleum stare ahead resolutely. The mausoleum was designed by the Lloyd Brothers firm of Toledo, Ohio.
The Algers have been an important family in Detroit history for more than one hundred years. Their understated mausoleum is part of their architectural legacy.
This is one of a pair of sphinxes at the Dodge Brothers mausoleum, one of Woodlawn Cemetery's most visited structures.
Marcus Burrowes designed many residences, schools and libraries in addition to the entrance of Grand Lawn Cemetery
In this mausoleum, Classical Revival has morphed into Deco. The columns have lost their capitals and are now merely geometric forms. What might have been rounded urns have become squared-off blocks. All unnecessary detail has been stripped away.
This is one of a pair of angels that flank the Carhartt Mausoleum at Woodmere Cemetery. A member of the family founded the Carhartt company, manufacturers of work clothes and uniforms.
Benjamin Tobin was president of Continental Motors Company, which supplied engines for scores of car companies, most notably Hudson and Dodge. For a brief period in the 1930s, the company itself manufactured automobiles.
The Tobin Memorial is a peristyle monument of unfluted columns that surround benches.
The legendary, hard-living automotive pioneers John and Horace Dodge are entombed at this neo-Egyptian mausoleum. Two sphinxes guard the columned grave.
Frederick Andrew Huth (1777-1864), who was born in Hanover, initially worked for a firm of Spanish merchants in Hamburg. After some years he moved to Corunna where he met and married his Spanish wife, Manuela Felipa Mayfren (1785-1856). In 1809 the French invasion of France led the couple to move to London where Huth established himself as a commission merchant doing business with Spain. In 1819 the family (Huth and his wife had eleven children) became naturalized British Citizens. By the 1830s Huth’s firm had greatly extended its area of trade finance and, by the following decade, it was one of London’s leading houses. Although a small man, Huth had great presence, and this gained him the nickname ‘Napoleon of the City’.
A very substantial mausoleum with a stepped pyramidal roof. It cost the huge sum of £1500, has two floors and space for 48 coffins. A relief of a winged hour-glass is displayed on the pediment over the door, and there are biblical inscription, in Latin, carved round the frieze.
Kensal Green Cemetery
A memorial to Frederick A. Robinson and members of his family. It is an example of a peristyle monument--one of a handful at Woodlawn Cemetery.
Mister Robinson was a lawyer with significant investments in lumber and mining.
Built 1917-1920 Architects - Frank Darling & John Pearson .... in Classical Revival style .... Mount Pleasant Mausoleum, with its granite exterior and white Italian marble and wood interior, which features:
Marble-fronted crypts, two chapels for committal, funeral or memorial services and for moments of private reflection,
columbariums with glass - marble - or bronze-fronted niches ....
Based on research in the book "Detroit's Woodmere Cemetery," William Rowe died at age 89, in 1919. He was run over by a streetcar. Mr. Rowe owned a shoe store in the Corktown area. His is one of the most impressive mausoleums in Woodmere.
This memorial has a set of terraced stepd mounted by a peristyle monument. The Frazer brothers were active in Detroit real estate.
This imposing Neo-Classical building is the mausoleum of Colonel Frank Hecker, who in life had a similarly imposing home on Woodward Avenue. The architect of this marble edifice was Stanford White, of New York City and the firm McKim, Mead and White.
Built 1924 .... Architect - William Ralston? .... Sir William James Gage (September 16, 1849 – January 14, 1921) was a Canadian educator, entrepreneur and philanthropist, he died at his estate in Toronto at the age of 71 after suffering a stroke. His wife, Ina, died in 1939 and was subsequently interred with her husband in the Gage Mausoleum ....
.... This mausoleum was originally built for Sir Frank Wilton Baillie who died in 1921. His remains were moved to Oakville, Ontario in the 1960’s and the mausoleum sat empty for a number of years. It was purchased by the Just family and two sisters, Gladys (died 1970) and Gloria (died 1977) are interred here. They were the daughters of Thomas Fullerton Just, a mining equipment dealer from Quebec ....
The Hannan Mausoleum uses a simplified version of Egyptian Revival architecture, the flat-roofed mastaba. The walls of the building slope slightly away from top to bottom (the architectural term for this is a battered wall).
Mr. Hannan was a prominent real estate developer and has the Hannan House on Woodward Avenue and the Hannan Memorial YMCA on East Jefferson named after him.