Broder Crypt, (sculpture).

Broder Crypt, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Broder Crypt, (sculpture).

Broder Mausoleum, (sculpture).

Figure: marble; Crypt: Italian pink marble, Vermont white granite, and iron or copper.

Figure: approx. H. 6 ft x W. 2 ft.; Crypt: approx. W. 34 ft.

(On pediment of crypt, incised lettering:) BRODER (Marble plaque on wall on one side of crypt:) In memoriam/Paulus Brodaeus, LL.D./Obit die/14mo Decembris MDCCCLXXXI/R.I.P./(verse in Latin)--II Timothy IV. 7,8 (Marble plaque on wall on other side of crypt:) In memoriam/Jacobi Henrici Brodaeus,/Obit Die/17mo Julii MDCCCLXVII/R.I.P./(verse in Latin) -- Job XIX, 25,26,27

The polished marble figure of a classical female stands atop the pediment of a classical temple crypt. She wears drapery and has long hair, holding a cross in her proper right hand, a stick or cane in her proper left hand. The crypt is pink marble in large cut bricks, with Roman pillars of white stone flanking the lattice-covered, Art Deco style front doors (iron or copper), three pillars on each side. Pillars also flank the back wall of the crypt, with a blank plaque set into the rear wall. At the back of the roof of the crypt is a large pink-colored cross. The low terrace in front of the crypt once contained two other classical female figure, now absent, made of granite. They were mounted on platforms flanking the entrance walkway, with urns before them. The crypt is surrounded by a short granite wall with planters at intervals.

Homage -- Broder, Jacob Henry

Homage -- Broder, Paul

Homage -- Broder, Catherine

Homage -- Broder, Alice

Homage -- Mallems, Ann Broder

Homage -- Broder, James

Homage -- Broder, Mary

Figure female -- Full length

Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress

Emblem -- Cross

Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Beloit

Administered by City of Beloit, City Cemetery Office, 2200 Milwaukee Road, Eastlawn Cemetery, Beloit, Wisconsin

Located Oakwood Cemetery, Oakwood & Milwaukee Roads, Beloit, Wisconsin

The crypt was built for the Broder family, an Irish immigrant family once prominent in Beloit, Wisconsin. It is not exactly certain which family members are buried there, but may include: Jacob Broder (patriarch), Paul Broder, Catherine Broder, Alice Broder, James Broder, Mary Broder, and Ann Broder Mallems. The figure topping the crypt and the two figures that once stood before it are reported to have cost a total of $10,000. The crypt was willed to Marquette University around 1992, by Alice Broder. It has been the target of vandalism over the years, particularly since the 1950s, and the two figures that were once in front of it are stored in pieces inside the crypt.

IAS files contain transcription of Latin verses on crypt plaques, with English translations; newspaper article from the Beloit Daily News, June 9, 1972, pg. 1, 4, and correspondence from the Beloit Historical Society to the Beloit Daily News, dated May 2, 1972.

For related unpublished archival materials, see: letter from Broder Family-Genealogy Archives, Beloit Historical Society and article in Broder Family-Genealogy Archives, Beloit Historical Society, "Article 49 - Broder Building Willed to Marquette University."

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wisconsin survey, 1993.

Beloit Daily News, June 9, 1972.

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