Forest Lawn Cemetery - Table of Contents
Forest Lawn Daniel Good Mausoleum
Section 23, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, NY
Forest Lawn Cemetery - Table of Contents
Forest Lawn Daniel Good Mausoleum
Section 23, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, NY
Style: Egyptian
Revival
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Sun disk or globe symbol and vulture |
The sun's disk ("Eye of the god Horus") and cobra heads represent sovereignty over upper and lower Egypt |
Deep cavetto or gorge-and-roll cornice |
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Rope-like moldings |
Center palm leaf flanked by lotus leaves on capital |
Lotus plants (largest) flanked by palm plants |
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Lotus plants (largest) flanked by palm plants |
Lotus plants on bronze door |
Daniel Good marble casket |
Stained glass window |
Daniel Good
(1862-1922)Daniel B. Good, established the Seibert-Good Company in Chicago, later consolidated with the Seymour H. Knox stores of Buffalo, and finally amalgamated with the F.W. Woolworth Company.
He resided at 864 Delaware Avenue from 1917-1919.Sparked by the discovery of Tutenkhamen's tomb in 1922, the Egyptian Revival style became popular during the decade, its application to funerary art especially appropriate.
Egyptian Revival style was one of the more exotic products of the nineteenth-century romantic turn of mind. examples of it are found in widespread locations, although it was not frequently used. it seemed most appropriately applied to building projects associated with eternity and the afterlife -- churches, prisons, cemeteries. Egyptian revival's potential for exotic, mysterious theatricality lent itself well to movie-palace design of the 1920s.
The Good mausoleum subtly adapts Egyptian icons of the lotus leaf and winged eye into an essentially modern design. Columns flanking the entrance have capitals decorated with papyrus forms.Features:
- Battered walls
- Roll or rope-like moldings
- Bundled shaft
- Lotus flower capital
- Smooth ashlar finish providing a monumental effect reminiscent of pylons or gateways to Egyptian temples
- Deep cavetto or gorge-and-roll cornice (Egyptian cornice)
- Flat roofs generally
Ancient Egyptian hieroglyph - a cross surmounted by a loop - signifying "life,"
It is found in ancient tomb inscriptions, including those of the King Tutankhamen, and gods and pharaohs are often depicted holding it. The ankh forms part of hieroglyphs for such concepts as health and happiness. For more information, see Christian Resource Centre
The ancient Egyptians adopted the scarab (dung beetle) as symbol of the sun god, Ra, because they were familiar with the sight of the beetle rolling dung on the ground, and this action suggests the invisible power that rolled the sun daily across the sky.
The Egyptian sun god was also represented as a falcon, a very ancient concept probably inspired by the falcon's habit of flying high in the air, oftentimes hold an ankh in its talon.
Ra was also pictured as chalcedony scarab that has the body of a scarab with outstretched falcon wings, scarab forelegs, and falcon back legs.
- Forest Lawn Cemetery Archives. Special thanks to Patrick Kavanagh for his assistance
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