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 |