New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-04
MR. GOI,LD,S BEAUTIFUL MAUSOLEUM
THE PLACE WHERE HE WILL REST IS AN IoN-C
TEMPLE IL wooDLAwx.

Tn. mavsoleum In which the body OF Jay Could
,,u be nl,c4d tomorrow stands In the highest point
I'm Woodlawn Cemetery. ana faces toward the sou1h
Mr. Gould built II for the last resting place OF MIN
self and his family. lie formerly owned iot near
the main entrance OF the cemetery, but he wanted
hotter position and chose the situation known as
Lakeview Prot This plot is high above the surround
ing country, and below II Is Woodhwn LAKE, Inc
LOT IS circular SETS little way back from CentralaVe
and Lawn ave runs by It's edge. Here the Gould family
ma,,soleum was erected. Il Is In shape and archi-
lecture Greek temple II has often been compared
m rbe Parhenon but while II does somewhat resemble
that famous structure, it IS of different style OF
architecture the Partbenon being DOric and uIe
,,a,,so.,m Ionic II Is what k technically called a
Greek hexastyle petpternl temple 1t has six columns
I'm front and eleven on each SIDE III more nearly
resembles the temple Of TheSeus tan any oher an
c,ent building 1t Is beautiful In every proportion
and rises above the city OF the dead with classic
snsnrn.r t,rrn 81 rniles Of rolling country can be
seen the view stretching away amid the mis- oil West
chester.
There are many costly monuments reared by rich
p,~n TO mark their final resting place arOuha IT, Du'
there Is none so beautiful as this IONIC tempe
waa designed by +. T. Fin Mahony. the draugh'shah
for H. O. French the architect MI. "oui'' "hel
no ordered his tomb made the stpulstons as to Its
oonstruc,ion. lie ordered that 1t should DO built as
strongly and as masslvely as possible; mat IL
sbould be simple In design and that it should not DC
ostcntatiously large Tho result was the pieeh'
structure which fulfls all the condiuohS hno
down, and the man who was III h's
daring and HE genius, peculiarly product OF .ie
Nineteenth Century, win sleep IN structure "hich
might have been on the Acropols. After all INC
tumnlt Of his nfo he will sleep the long sleep In
tomb built with an classic beauty and repose' va
ALI SIDES Of the temple three rows OF steps Use ana
form It's base Tie columns supporting the rool
.tand a considerable distance away from the walls
And columns and walls without the least at'chp'
at ornamentanon. Tie appearance OF tnc Hoh' VI
The tomb Is as II one column were HIS
s,ne and back of tho open space one
can see TIE great doors Of bronze. pancilcd and
decorated, which open into the mausoleum. Inc
upper parts OF the doors are composed OF netwo rh
a intcrlacipg vines aud cherubs' heads. The ouie
mart OF the building Is OF granite. but the Interior
e OF pink and creancoaOred Tennessee marble
highly polished. A stained glass wind w. SIX fce'
high and seven feet wide, admits light into IN,
tomb The window Is at the rear, facing the great
doors There are twenty cataconbs, ten on eacf
The plot upon which this beautiful tomb stand
rost 10000 and the tomb Itself $4,000. Around Tho
to,Jd Mot arc the plots Of william c. Whitney, Sidney
I,llou Austin Cofbln, ". Il. Conner. the Hoanes and
H. H. Cock. The mausoleum Is 30 feet long, - lee'
wide and 20 feet high 10 the aptx OF The ROOF: Inc
interior 20 feet long. feet de nnd IL feet high
The roof Of the hall Is solid slab OF granite weighing
~ tons The sloping roof outside over this Is com;
YossA 1T labs Of granite thirtytwo feet long pace0