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Encyclopedia > List of pyramid mausoleums in North America

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 pharoahs.


Individuals and families

  • Henry Bergh Pyramid Mausoleum, Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York
  • William Harry Brown Pyramid, Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1898-99)
  • Marcus Brown Pyramid, Oakhill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Brunswig Mausoleum, Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Confederate Memorial Pyramid, Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
  • Dorn Pyramid, Oddfellows Cemetery, San Luis Obispo, California
  • Harms Family Mausoleum, Flower Hill Cemetery, New Jersey
  • Mark Howard Pyramid, Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut
  • John Gunckel Monument, Woodlawn Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio
  • C.O.G. Miller Pyramid Mausoleum, Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California
  • Sahlberg Pyramid, Santa Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, California
  • Schoenhofer Pyramid Mausoleum, Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois
  • Dr. Ira Smith's Pyramid, Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery, St. Francisville, Louisiana

Known but unidentified

  • Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, California

Multiple burials

  • Forest Lawn South, Miami, Florida

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