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PARK AND CE/AETERY. 
A Columbarium, Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind. 
The accompanying illustration represents a small 
columbarium recently erected in Crown Hill Cem- 
etery, Indianapolis, Ind., to receive the ashes of 
Mr. Gustav Bohn, a man of progressive ideas, whose 
body according to his will was taken to Cincinnati 
for cremation and the ashes returned to Indianapo- 
lis to be taken care of in the above cemetery by 
the wish of his widow. 
As there is no provision in Indianapolis for the 
care of such remains other than burial, it was de- 
cided to build a columbarium on a small scale, and 
as will be observed by the dimensions this one is not 
larger than some cemetery monuments of ordinary 
size. 
In this design the upper half forms a small 
chamber, while the ashes are deposited in a separ- 
ate hollow space in the lower solid part and cover- 
ed by a slab. The ashes are contained in a copper 
cylindrical box, five inches in diameter by six inches 
high, thoroughly sealed. This is amply large 
enough for the remains of an adult and is in the 
form in which they leave the crematory sealed by 
the officers of the society. 
The monument is built of Indiana stone, in the 
classic renaissance style. The small 
iron door in front, of Grecian design, 
is gilded over with leaf gold, which 
gives refinement to the whole design. 
All the ornamental work was carved 
from plaster models. The door is 
large enough to admit 
full 
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the same in the family lot, or where individual wish- 
es are to be respected, offers an appropriate solution 
of the question. And more than this it presents 
opportunities by which the monotony 
of the cemetery monument may be re- 
lieved. The design here illustrated 
speaks for itself, and it carries with it 
the idea of an appropriate memorial be- 
sides a permanent receptacle lor the 
ashes of the departed. 
The architects were Messrs Vonnegut 
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person, and is kept locked; the mon- 
ument could well hold the remains 
of an ordinary family. This method 
of caring for the ashes of the crema- 
ted, where it is desired for family 
reasons, or otherwise, to dispose of 
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& Bohn, Indianapolis, the monument 
being for the father of Mr. Bohn. It 
stands out well among other monu- 
ments on the top of a small hill in the 
cemetery mentioned in the opening 
paragraph. 
