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29 MONUMENTS AND MAUSOLEUMS PHOTOGRAPHED; VARIOUS STYLES.
The Mound Cemetery is located on what Dr. Hoy referred to as a "most numerous and extensive group..." of effigy and burial mounds in 1850. Unfortunately, only 14 of the original mounds still remain within the cemetery boundaries. The effigy mounds are in the shape of lizards surrounded by circular burial mounds. According to Alice Sankey, the effigy mounds are empty while the burial mounds, which range in height from 1-8 feet tall and small in diameter, contained at least one skeleton each. See SOS! files at the National Museum of American Art in Washington, DC for further information on cemetery sculptures. The Rork Monument of 1875 is of granite with a sculpted angel on a square shaft and is approximately 8' tall. The Bull Monument of 1880 is a square, tapering shaft of granite that is peaked at the top. The Jerome Increase Case Mausoleum of 1892 is of both rough and finish cut granite with a broad foot cross over the Roman arch entrance. The Richard Roberts Monument of 1882 consists of a simple rectangular base, twin columns capped by an arch with an urn at the top, all of which is built of granite. The Ahrens Monument of 1887 features a statue of a young woman with a bowed head on top of a slightly tapered square granite shaft which features a base relief of Ahrens' head. The William Grotsenburg Monument of 1910 consists of several rough cut granite blocks stacked on each other with a statue of a young woman leaning against the blocks with her head bowed. The George Slauson Monument of 1882 is a square, tapered block of granite with a central section with attached columns at each corner and an arched cap below a statue of a young woman. The M.M. Secor Monument is a simple, rectangular sarcophagus designed in a simple Classical Revival manner with columns at each corner under a complete miniature entablature. The Robert H. Baker Monument of 1882 is an ornate, rectangular sarcophagus with contrasting colored granite panels and a cross at the top. Thw Wells-Johnson Monument is a Classical Revival style sarcophagus with short Corinthian columns at each corner and unadorned expanses of grey granite. The F.W. Klein Monument of 1884 is a rectangular sarcophagus which features a panel with low relief carving and a sculpted robe loosely draped across the top.The Joseph Linderman Monument consists of a square, dark grey granite base witha half bust of Mr. Linderman on one side and topped by a statue of a young woman walking. The Fratt Monument consists of a three tiered base, a paneled central section with attached columns on the corners, and a curved and tapered section upon which is a draped urn sculpture. The Erskine Monument is a rectangular sarcophagus in a Classical Revival style, complete with attached Corinthian columns and a dentilled cornice. The Maria Filer Monument has a square base, topped by a square, tapered Corinthian column with an urn at its top. The Wadewitz Mausoleum is a relatively unadorned three section mass of finished granite with two simple urns flanking the entrance.
2017- "One of the earliest controversial decisions made by the City of Racine made was to relocate the city burial grounds to land now recognized as Mound Cemetery. Dedicated in 1852, this cemetery was designed by a naturalist, expanded in stages, and includes numerous Native American burial mounds. Its current 52 acres contain the graves for many of Racine's most prominent citizens. Tour guest will be able to see inside the beautifully constructed 1952 chapel."
-"Tour of Historic Places: Manree Park Neighborhood" pamphlet, Real Racine, preservationracine@gmail.com, 262-634-5748, (2017). |
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