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POTH MAUSOLEUM, WEST LAUREL HILL CEMETERY, PHILADELPHIA. 
The Poth Mausoleum, Philadelphia. 
The Poth mausoleum, illustrated above, is one of the 
most imposing memorials in West Laurel Hill Ceme- 
tery, Philadelphia, Pa. 
The exterior is of Barre granite, with bronze doors, 
and bronze covers and handles for the four massive 
granite vases which stand at either corner and which 
are an important feature of the tomb. At the rear is 
a window of art glass embodying a symbolic design 
typifying Victory Over Death. 
The interior is of Italian marble, with an elaborate 
dome of white marble and gold mosaic. It contains 
space for 24 catacombs. The floor is of granite, and 
at the rear, on a raised platform, is a Renaissance seat 
of marble with bronze trimmings. The exterior di- 
mensions of the structure are 34 feet 6 inches by 33 
feet 9 inches by '31 feet 6 inches. The Harrison 
Granite Company of New York and Barre, Vt., were 
the architects and contractors. 
The exterior is rich in decorative carving, the chief 
feature of which are the columns, with elaborate capi- 
tals, three of which flank the entrance on each side. 
They are of the Ionic order partly Anted. 
BRONZE PALM BRANCH, CAST BY THE GORHAM COMPANY, NEW YORK. 
