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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
SOME NOTED MAUSOLEUMS IN WOODLAWN 
CEMETERY, NEW YORK. 
The large increase in the number of mausoleums 
under construction or in the hands of the designers, 
may be taken as a sure sign of better times as well 
as that this description of mortuary structure is be- 
coming popular among the wealthy classes. 
Much has been said and written concerning the 
design, material and details of mausoleums, and 
statistics and news reports show that at the present 
time, a great number of varying cost and dimen- 
sions are being erected in various parts of the coun- 
try; they are by reason of their cost, in most cases 
isolated forms of mortuary memorials, and as the 
saying goes are generally few and far between. 
This is not entirely true however, for Wood- 
lawn Cemetery, New York, has the distinction of 
possessing, a large number of such memorials, the 
cost of which as a collection is proportionately far 
in excess of the outlay for such buildings in per- 
haps any cemetery in the world of its age. 
On the opposite page are given illustrations of 
five of the well-known mausoleums of Woodlawn, 
and particularly distinguished among them are 
those of C. P. Huntington, the railway magnate, 
and Jay Gould, the financier. 
The Huntington Mausoleum occupies a very 
co.Timanding site, with its terraced steps leading 
down to the main roadway. It is constructed ex- 
teriorly of Quincy granite with stones of great size 
and it has fine bronze doors. The dimensions of 
the tomb itself are: twenty-eight feet by forty- 
two feet with roof twenty feet above platform. 
It is always mentioned in connection with the 
Huntington tomb that it is intended to convey 
the idea of the Valhalla in its design and details. 
It cost $250,000. 
One of the most imposing examples of mortu- 
ary architecture in the country is the beautiful tem- 
ple-like structure erected some years ago for the 
late Jay Gould. It is always considered to resem- 
ble the Parthenon at Athens, but it is more like 
the temple of Theseus, the architect asserts. It is 
Ionic in style and many authorities claim it to be 
the best specimen of fine Grecian architecture in 
the United States. In area it is thirty-three by 
twenty-two feet, the roof being twenty-two feet 
above ground. It is constructed of Westerly 
granite, and its doors and fittings are of bronze. 
There is no mark whatever on the exterior of this 
structure to identify it. It was erected at a cost of 
$50,000. 
The Dr. L. C. Warner mausoleum fronts- on an 
arm of the artificial lake. It is conspicuous in de- 
sign, and has an open grilled entrance gate. It is 
built of Concord granite and cost $30,000. 
The mausoleum of Mr. W. H. Webb differs ma- 
terially in design from the other illustrations, and 
redeems the idea of a mausoleum from the mono- 
tony of outline which so frequently characterizes it. 
It is constructed of Barre granite and is embel- 
lished with bronze doors and fittings and stained 
glass windows, and cost $25,000. 
The Standard Oil magnate’s tomb, the late Mr. 
Flagler, is also a departure in the line of mauso- 
leum designing. It is built of Westerly granite 
and in recessed blank windows on the four sides 
are placed inscription tablets. Its cost was $25,000. 
These five examples of mausoleum design give 
an idea of what can be effected in such structures 
and also the amount of money that may be ex- 
pended in their construction. 
Mr. Thomas White, sends us the following epi- 
taphs, and he says of the veteran stone cutter who 
cut the firist nscription, whom he knew well, that he 
would have served as an excellent model for Old 
Mortality in Sir Walter Scott’s novel. 
In memory of Capt. Reuben Chase who died Feb. 15, 1824. 
Aged 70 years wanting 4 months and 8 days. 
Freed from the storms and gusts of human life 
Freed from the squalls of passion and of strife 
Here lies Reuben Chase, anchored who has stood the sea 
Of ebbing life and flowing misery, 
’Tho not dandy rigged his prudent eye foresaw 
And took a reef at fortunes quickest flaw. 
He luffed and bore away to please mankind, 
Yet duty urged urged him still to head the wind; 
A rheumatic tempest at length his mast destroyed 
But jury health awhile he still enjoyed; 
Laden with grief and age and shattered head 
At last he struck and grounded on his bed; 
Then in distress careening thus he lay 
His final bilge expecting every day 
Heaven took his ballast from his dreary hold 
And left his body a wreck destitute of soul. 
He was an honest man, a Revolutionary 
Officer and Pensioner. 
* * * 
The epitaph below is taken from a cemetery in 
Milford, N. H.; 
Caroline H. 
Wife of 
Calvin Cutler, M. D. 
Murdered by the Baptist Ministry and Baptist churches as 
follows: 
Sept, 28. 1838 ALT 33. She was accused of lying in church- 
meeting by the Rev. D. 13 . Pratt and Dea. Albert Adams, was 
condemned by the church unheard, she was reduced to povertv 
by Dea. William Wallace. When an exparte council was 
asked of the Milford Baptist church, by the advice of their com- 
mittee, Geo. Raymond, Calvin Averil end Andrew Hutchin- 
son, they voted not to receive any communication upon the 
subject. The Rev. Mark Carpenter said he thought as the good 
old L)ea. Pearson said, we have got Cutler down and it is best to 
keep him down. 
The intentional and malicious destruction of her character 
and happiness as above described destroyed her life. 
Her last words upon the subject were, tell the truth and 
the iniquity will come out. 
