32-577: The Schoenhofen Pyramid Mausoleum is a tomb in Graceland Cemetery , Chicago. It was designed by Chicago School architect Richard E. Schmidt in the requested Egyptian Revival style as a family mausoleum for the Chicago brewer Peter Schoenhofen. Well-known Chicago brewer Peter Schoenhofen (born in Dörbach , then Prussia , in 1827; died in 1893) his Schoenhofen Brewing Company was among
64-538: A cenotaph by Antonio Canova that was erected as the tomb of Maria Christina in Vienna at the Augustinian Church . Graceland Cemetery Graceland Cemetery is a large historic garden cemetery located in the north side community area of Uptown , in Chicago , Illinois , United States. Established in 1860, its main entrance is at the intersection of Clark Street and Irving Park Road. Among
96-558: A cemetery. In April 1860, the first burial at Graceland Cemetery occurred when Bryan's late son Daniel was reinterred. Graceland Cemetery was formally dedicated that August. Daniel Page Bryan's disinterment from City Cemetery was an early part of the a greater process of relocating the thousands of remains at the City Cemetery and transforming that site into a public park (today's Lincoln Park ). The remains of approximately 2,000 individuals were relocated in this process, which
128-490: A general whose troops helped Ulysses S. Grant avoid surrender in the Battle of Shiloh , Grant's first major engagement of the war. Rosehill Cemetery maintains the distinction of being the largest private burial ground of Union veterans, including 16 generals, in the state of Illinois. To honor those who fought for country and cause, Rosehill officially opened its own Civil War Museum on January 15, 1995. A monument "To Honor All
160-408: A graceful oak roof with "hammer-beam trusses and curved brackets." Civil War buffs have long been attracted to Rosehill, where approximately 350 Union soldiers and sailors and at least three Confederates who gave their lives in service are entombed. It is the final resting place for several members of the 8th Illinois Cavalry , the unit that fired the first shots in the Battle of Gettysburg , and of
192-409: A new cemetery after being disappointed by the "neglected and actually repulsive condition" of Chicago's City Cemetery when his son Daniel was buried there. He sought to create a "rural burying ground, more remote from and worthy of the city [of Chicago]." However, he placed these ambitions on hold after Rosehill Cemetery was opened by a group independent of Bryan's efforts. However, after he was offered
224-522: A pleasure grounds declined in subsequent decades, however, as public attitude moved away from seeing cemeteries as appropriate sites for leisure. At the same time, the condition of the cemetery began to suffer from neglect. In the early 21st century, attention was turned to repair the cemetery and restore much of its 19th-century landscape. Graceland Cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 18, 2001. In 2020,
256-434: A popularly visited site. Visitation became so large, that in the early 20th century its operators grew concerned that it had turned into too popular of a recreation grounds to the detriment of its character as a cemetery. For a period, it instituted a policy in which open admission to the grounds was only permitted on Sundays and holidays, with the remaining dates seeing access limited to ticket holders. Graceland's popularity as
288-478: A recreational area. A single mausoleum remains, the "Couch tomb", containing the remains of Ira Couch . The Couch Tomb is probably the oldest extant structure in the city, everything else having been destroyed by the Great Chicago Fire . The cemetery's walls are topped off with wrought iron spear point fencing. Many of the cemetery's tombs are of great architectural or artistic interest, including
320-440: A time when many viewed native plants as invasive . The Graceland Cemetery Association designated one section of the grounds to be devoid of monuments and instituted a review process led by Simonds for monuments and family plots. Simonds later became the superintendent at Graceland until 1897, and continued on as a consultant until his death in 1931. Graceland's attractive parklike appearance and elaborate burial monuments made it
352-615: Is also the final resting place of 31 victims of the Iroquois Theatre fire , in which more than 600 people died. Six-year-old Inez Briggs , the "girl in glass" is rumored to be a haunted cite. Rosehill Cemetery Rosehill Cemetery (founded 1859) is an American garden cemetery on the North Side of Chicago , Illinois , and at 350 acres (1.4 km ), is the largest cemetery in the City of Chicago. According to legend,
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#1732790820956384-464: Is also the final resting place of 61 victims of the Iroquois Theatre fire , in which over 600 people died. Several graves, gravestones and monuments from the old City Cemetery, originally located in what is now Lincoln Park were relocated to Rosehill Cemetery. Dedicated in 1914, Rosehill Mausoleum was designed by architect Sidney Lovell . It is the largest mausoleum in Chicago and has two levels,
416-535: The Egyptian Revival style. The tomb is a family mausoleum constructed from gray granite . The pyramid structure is set upon a square base. To the left of the entryway, is an angel , on the right of the entry stands a sphinx . The pyramid's design combines both Egyptian (the sphinx) and Christian (the angel) symbols. Regardless, the American Institute of Architects ' Chicago guide book called
448-623: The Getty Tomb , the Martin Ryerson Mausoleum (both designed by architect Louis Sullivan , who is also buried in the cemetery), and the Schoenhofen Pyramid Mausoleum . The industrialist George Pullman was buried at night, in a lead-lined coffin within an elaborately reinforced steel-and-concrete vault, to prevent his body from being exhumed and desecrated by labor activists. William Hulbert ,
480-558: The Courageous Volunteer Firefighters of Chicago" was erected in Rosehill Cemetery in 1864. The monument, designed by Leonard Volk , features a vigilant fireman standing atop a tall column. A fire hose is wrapped around the base. Four old-style hydrants make up the corners of the memorial. The granite marker at the base contains the names of all firefighters killed in the line of duty. Rosehill
512-578: The Mausoleum. Other notables include Aaron Montgomery Ward , his business rival Richard Warren Sears , and John G. Shedd , philanthropist and president of Marshall Field & Company . The mausoleum has been expanded several times. Built in 1899, the Horatio N. May Chapel was designed by architect Joseph Lyman Silsbee . It is designed in a blend of Gothic and Romanesque styles, with an exterior of granite and an interior appointed with mosaic floors and
544-549: The angel "rather out-of-place". The door to the pyramid is styled after the gateways at Karnak , in Egypt, and is 40 inches wide by 84 inches high. A bronze molding of bundled reeds surrounds the door and the door's themselves feature cast lotus designs with coiled asps around the handles. While the Schoenhofen Mausoleum is a pyramid , and referred to as such, its design is only Egyptian-inspired. The angel on
576-664: The architect of the Chicago Water Tower and the Old University of Chicago , who is buried in Rosehill. The Rosehill Cemetery Administration Building and Entry Gate was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Like its sister cemetery Graceland , Rosehill is the burial place of many well-known Chicagoans. The cemetery contains many monuments that are notable for their beauty and eccentricity, such as that of Lulu Fellows. The cemetery
608-510: The cemetery acquired an additional 35 acres (14 ha), and Ossian Cole Simonds was hired as its landscape architect to design the addition. Lathrop and Simonds wanted to incorporate naturalistic settings to create picturesque views that were the foundation of the Prairie style . Lathrop was open to new ideas and provided opportunities for experimentation which led to Simonds use of native plants including oak, ash, witch hazel, and dogwood at
640-405: The cemetery was well outside the city limits of Chicago. After the Great Chicago Fire in 1871, Lincoln Park , which had been the city's cemetery, was deconsecrated and some of the bodies were reinterred to Graceland Cemetery. The edge of the pond around Daniel Burnham 's burial island was once lined with broken headstones and coping transported from Lincoln Park. Lincoln Park was redeveloped as
672-409: The cemetery's 121 acres (49 ha) are the burial sites of several well-known Chicagoans. Graceland includes a naturalistic reflecting lake, surrounded by winding pathways, and its pastoral plantings have led it to become a certified arboretum of more than 2,000 trees. The cemetery's wide variety of burial monuments include a number designed by famous architects, several of whom are also buried in
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#1732790820956704-425: The cemetery's landscape was damaged in a derecho (severe windstorm ) that uprooted 50 mature trees. The cemetery was closed for several weeks thereafter to clean up the damage. Young trees were planted to replace the mature trees that were lost. Graceland Cemetery is an example of a rural cemetery , which is a style of cemetery characterized by landscaped natural areas. The concept of the rural cemetery emerged in
736-608: The cemetery. Thomas Barbour Bryan , a Chicago businessman, established Graceland Cemetery in 1860 with the original 80-acre (32 ha) layout designed by Swain Nelson. Bryan created it though a business partnership with William Butler Ogden , Sidney Sawyer, Edwin H. Sheldon, and George Peter Alexander Healy . Bryan was the inaugural president of the Graceland Cemetery Association, with Healy serving as treasurer. Bryan had been motivated to establish
768-484: The early 19th century as a response to overcrowding and poor maintenance in existing cemeteries in Europe. In the 19th century, a train to the north suburbs occupied the eastern edge of the cemetery, where the Chicago "L" train now runs. The line was also used to carry mourners to funerals, in specially rented funeral cars. As a result, there was an entry through the east wall, which has since been closed. When founded,
800-525: The first president of the National League, has a monument in the shape of a baseball with the names of the original National League cities on it. Along with its other famous burials, the cemetery is notable for two statues by the renowned Chicago sculptor Lorado Taft , Eternal Silence for the Graves family plot and The Crusader that marks Victor Lawson 's final resting place. The cemetery
832-438: The largest in Chicago in 1880. Schoenhofen's family mausoleum was designed by Richard E. Schmidt , a Chicago School architect, in 1893, with construction beginning on July 1 of that year. The mausoleum is internationally famous and is one of the most photographed mausoleums at Graceland Cemetery . The Schoenhofen Pyramid Mausoleum is a steep sided tomb designed, like many of the monuments at Chicago's Graceland Cemetery, in
864-413: The lower level being partially underground. The interior is constructed almost entirely of marble. The floors are Italian Carrara marble . There are many small family-owned rooms with heavy bronze gates. Some of these private rooms feature stained glass windows designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany among other artists. Richard B. Ogilvie , Governor of Illinois, is entombed near the ceiling in the west part of
896-487: The name "Rosehill" resulted from a City Clerk's error – the area was previously called "Roe's Hill", named after nearby farmer Hiram Roe. He refused to sell his land to the city until it was promised that the cemetery be named in his honor. It is located in the north east section of the Lincoln Square community area. Rosehill's Joliet-limestone entrance gate (added in 1864) was designed by William W. Boyington ,
928-470: The presidency of the company that operated Rosehill Cemetery, Bryan became motivated to pursue his shelved plans to establish his own cemetery. Bryan purchased land for his cemetery from the heirs of Justin Butterfield , collaborated with a number of landscape architects to design the cemetery, and fought challenges from the owners of adjacent properties who opposed his plans to transform the site into
960-482: The tomb base is clearly not Egyptian and even the sphinx merely takes its inspiration from Egyptian architecture. There are several historical works that are considered related to the Schoenhofen Mausoleum. The Roman funerary pyramid of Caius Cestius is considered a historical predecessor to the Schoenhofen Mausoleum. Perhaps more closely related are the pyramid by Louis Carrogis Carmontelle at Parc Monceau in Paris and
992-480: Was completed in the 1870s. Graceland and Rosehill were the reburial sites of many of these remains. Graceland quickly established itself as a popular choice of burial site for prominent Chicagoans, with many opting to pre-erect burial monuments at the cemetery in for their future burials. In 1870, Horace Cleveland designed curving paths, open vistas, and a small lake to create a park-like setting. In 1878, Bryan hired his nephew Bryan Lathrop as president. In 1879,
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1024-631: Was featured in the film Next of Kin (1989). The funeral scene in Backdraft (1991) takes place at the Volunteer Firefighter's Monument at Rosehill, but was actually filmed elsewhere using a replica of this monument. Lulu Fellowes (the girl in the glass box) also appeared in the film U.S. Marshals (1998). In 2015, the Chicago Park District Park No. 568 – West Ridge Nature Preserve was established along
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