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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
PARK SUPERINTENDENTS in CONVENTION at DENVER 
( See report on page 131) 
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UNUSUAL BRONZE SARCOPHAGUS AND TOMB 
The Stephens memorial in Elmwood 
Cemetery, Detroit, takes the form of an 
immense bronze sarcophagus crowning a 
family tomb. The sarcophagus, which was 
executed by J. Massey Rhind, the New 
York sculptor, in collaboration with John 
Scott & Co., architects, of Detroit, is ten 
feet by four by three and a half, weighing 
five or six tons, the lid alone about a ton. 
It is modeled both in very high and in low 
relief and mounted on three successive and 
diminishing granite platforms, the lowest 
and largest being about 25 feet in length 
and 20 inches in height. The lid of the 
sarcophagus is thus about seven feet from 
the ground. When this lid is lifted the 
opening to the crypt below, through the 
center of the monument, is revealed, and 
through this opening the bodies are low- 
ered into the vault, provided with six re- 
cesses at the two ends for the six members 
of the family, whose names will appear in 
the six tablets introduced in the ornament 
on top of the lid. The medallions on the 
sides, accessible to the public, bear inscrip- 
tions in Latin. With the exception of the 
lid the sarcophagus was cast in one piece. 
The sculptor found part of his inspiration 
in Colleone’s tomb in Santa Croce, Flor- 
ence, but he has transformed the Renais- 
sance theme into one more adapted to our 
time and place. 
BRONZE SARCOPHAGUS AND TOMB IN A DETROIT CEMETERY. 
