Architecture Around the World
Mortuary Chapel and Receiving Vault
Oakwood Cemetery
940 Comstock Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13204
Oakwood Cemetery Official Website
Built: |
1879 |
Architect: |
Joseph Lyman Silsbee |
Style: |
Gothic Revival / Richardsonian Romanesque |
Building material: |
Onondaga limestone |
Facade![]() ![]() Steeple features Onondaga limestone topped by a Greek cross. Note extended ornamentation at bottom of illustration (next photo) ![]() ![]() Foliate design in tympanum. ![]() Terra cotta ridge cresting ..... Slate roof ..... Quatrefoil window ![]() Buttressed pillars ![]() Foliate capital atop polished granite shaft. |
Angled view of facade![]() Belfry? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Note scupper in upper right (enlarged below) ![]() Scupper |
Side elevation![]() ![]() Rose window (missing stained glass) ![]() Quarry glass ![]() Rear chimney |
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