Relief on Claypool Mausoleum, (sculpture).

Relief on Claypool Mausoleum, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Relief on Claypool Mausoleum, (sculpture).

Approx. 2 ft. x 6 1/2 ft. x 1 1/2 in.

(Below relief, raised lettering:) EDWARD FAY CLAYPOOL (Two bronze plaques flanking the mausoleum's entrance list eleven names with dates)

Above the entrance to the Claypool Mausoleum is a relief panel depicting a scene of mourning. In the center is coffin decorated with two wreaths, with an angel hovering over it. On either side are figures in classical dress. On the left is a young girl, a woman with a baby, a kneeling woman, and an old man. On the right are three young men, a boy, and a young woman. Several of the side figures hold flowers or wreaths.

Homage -- Claypool, Edward Fay

Religion -- Angel

Ceremony -- Funeral

Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress

Object -- Other -- Coffin

Object -- Other -- Wreath

Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Indianapolis

Architectural component

Crown Hill Cemetery, 700 West 38th Street, Lot 7, Section 29, Indianapolis, Indiana 46208

The original mausoleum was built in 1885, and torn down and replaced in the early ca. 1910-1915. (See also E. Zoller Memorial, IAS record IN000829) for figure of sculpture which originally topped Claypool Memorial.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1994.

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