Illustrated Architecture Dictionary

Mausoleum
maw so LEE um

A large and stately tomb, or a building housing such a tomb or tombs

Greek: "mausoleion," from "Mausolos" = Mausolus, king of Caria (tomb completed 350 B.C., one of the Seven Wonders of the World (ILLUSTRATION)

Examples from Buffalo architecture

• Illustration above: Seymour Knox Mausoleum, Forest Lawn Cemetery
  
  
• Edward H. Butler Mausoleum, Forest Lawn Cemetery
  
  
• Buswell-Hochstetter Mausoleum, Forest Lawn Cemetery
  
  
• Albert F. Laub Mausoleum, Forest Lawn Cemetery
  
  
• Letchworth-Skinner Mausoleum, Forest Lawn Cemetery

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