This is a list of pyramid mausoleums in North America. This Egyptian Revival funerary architecture was generally an extravagance of American tycoons who wanted themselves remembered as long and as well as the ancient pharaohs. Many of these date from the 1890s to the 1920s, when older, more modest expressions of "Egyptomania" gave way to "Egyptian temples or pyramids replete with guardian sphinxes, lotus-bedecked urns and columns, and Egyptian- themed stained glass windows."[1]

Individuals and families

Gunckel Monument, Toledo, Ohio
Schoenhofen Mausoleum
Gardel Memorial in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Vanderhorst Mausoleum at Magnolia Cemetery in Charleston, South Carolina is not a pyramid but is a similar example of "Egyptomania"

Known but unidentified

Multiple burials

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Giguere, Joy M. (2014). Characteristically American: Memorial Architecture, National Identity, and the Egyptian Revival. University of Tennessee Press. pp. 211–214. ISBN 9781621900399.
  2. ^ Ellison, Garret Ellison (2012-08-30). "Amazing architecture, stories behind Grand Rapids' past power brokers shared in upcoming cemetery tour". Michigan Live. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  3. ^ "The mausoleum of Emma and Louis Grigsby, sheaded in black slate, is a highlight of Angeles-Rosedale Cemetery -- the first in Los Angeles open to all races and creeds. This is one of several Egyptian pyramid-themed crypts in the park, which opened in 1884, 04/07/05, LC-DIG-pplot-13725-01368 (digital file from LC-HS503-493)". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  4. ^ a b Stern, Bill (1996-05-05). "All the Way From Memphis". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
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