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Ehret Mausoleum
Woodlawn Cemetery
Bronx, New York
Authoritative stone lions guard the Romanesque Revival mausoleum of George Ehret (d. 1927). Hallmarks of Romanesque architecture as seen in the Ehret mausoleum are the massive scale, squared off surfaces, a portico with a recessed, rounded arch, and the use of architectural carving and sculpture typified in the heavily relieved swagged floral decorations. The Ehret mausoleum, built around 1899, contains 56 crypts, 28 on each sid |
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