Luyties Monument, Bellefonatine Cemetery

This is most likely the grave of Dr. Herman Luyties, the pioneer of homeopathic treatments for aches and pains. His company still survives. On the day we visited, the protective covering over the statue had fogged over, leaving the woman's sculpture inside shrouded in a surreal mist. The Grave Hunter has some additional information on the statue here.

Photos by Jeff Phillips

Krater, Bellefontaine Cemetery

I had never noticed this huge granite krater-style tombstone before last week.

Louis Sullivan Mausolea in St. Louis and Chicago

I've looked at Louis Sullivan's masterpiece, the Wainwright Tomb in Bellefontaine Cemetery in the past, but a couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to visit the other two mausolea designed by the great architect in Chicago's Graceland Cemetery.

The first one, the Ryerson Mausoleum is relatively conservative, though even in the Egyptian Revival structure there are traces of Sullivan's innovation, first with the use of black granite and also with the overall proportions, making the tomb stand out from its surroundings.

The Getty Mausoleum is more stereotypically Sullivanesque, with its ornate and anti-classical metalwork and stonework.

Read more about the two mausolea here, at the Graceland Cemetery website.

The contrast between Sullivan's tombs, and their Neo-Classical, Beaux-Arts neighbors demonstrates just how innovative he was when most architecture still looked to the past for inspiration.

Busch Mausoleum, Revisited

Mallinckrodt Tomb, Bellefontaine Cemetery

Wainwright Tomb Interior

Busch Mausoleum, Bellefontaine Cemetery

Bellefontaine Cemetery Mausoleum

I really like this mausoleum that is open on the sides, allowing visitors to go inside to see the sarcophagus. There are so many different styles of architecture in Bellefontaine Cemetery.

Gregg Monument, Bellefontaine Cemetery

Bellefontaine Cemetery

Bellefontaine Cemetery

Lemp Mausoleum, Bellefontaine Cemetery

Someone still cares.

Wainwright Tomb