Masters Mausoleum - St. Augustine, FL
N 29° 52.396 W 081° 19.531
17R E 468564 N 3304786
The Masters Mausoleum, located in the San Lorenzo Cemetery in St. Augustine, Florida, USA, has a lovely little stained glass window.
Waymark Code: WMARYX
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 02/20/2011
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The Masters mausoleum appears to be constructed of marble and has double metal doors with grated glass windows and a stained glass window on its back wall. The front doors are flanked with two pillars, one of each side of the doors. The name B.A. Masters is located above the doorway in the structure's gable. Above the name the year 1915 is engraved. A cross is on the roof's peak.
This mausoleum is the final resting place B.A. Masters and a couple of his family members. A bronze plaque located to the left of the mausoleum identifies Bernard A. Masters as an occupant. He was a Private in Company C of the 18th Battalion Georgia Volunteer Cavalry of the Confederate States Army. He was born on August 20, 1842, and died on August 2, 1921.
ABOUT THE CEMETERY:
"The Franciscan Missionaries established the first Catholic cemetery in St. Augustine in the 1600s. Their burial ground was located next to the monastery – the current site of the National Guard headquarters.
In 1702, a new cemetery was erected in St. Augustine for the Catholic Guale and Timucuan Indians at the Tolomoto Indian Mission. An outbreak of yellow fever caused city officials to close the cemetery in 1884. A new cemetery was opened at the Mission Nombre de Dios next to the Chapel of Our Lady of La Leche. However, it was not considered an ideal burial location due to its proximity to the water’s edge.
The Diocese of Saint Augustine was established in 1870 and for the next 43 years, ten cemeteries were opened throughout northeast Florida. Many of these cemeteries are open today and are operated by parishes.
The oldest cemetery still operated by the diocese is San Lorenzo Cemetery in St. Augustine. Bishop John Moore opened the cemetery in 1892. Mary Murray was the first Catholic to be buried there on May 24, 1892. In 1913, the diocese opened St. Mary Cemetery in Korona, serving the Polish Catholics of Flagler and Volusia Counties. It too is open today and operated by the diocese.
In the early 1900s, families, not wanting to be separated in death, began moving their loved ones from the cemetery at Mission Nombre de Dios to San Lorenzo. A mortuary chapel was built in 1924 and today is a central feature of the cemetery located on U.S. Highway 1. Interred in the chapel are Bishops John Moore, William Kenny, Patrick Barry and Archbishop Joseph Hurley. Surrounding the chapel are the resting places of several of our diocesan priests and the Sisters of St. Joseph who have served in Florida since 1866. Many of the people who rest in San Lorenzo Cemetery are descendants of the 600 Minorcan refugees who arrived in St. Augustine in 1777.
For more than 100 years, families have come to San Lorenzo to celebrate Mass, offer novenas and pray for their deceased relatives and friends. With the legitimate rise in Catholics choosing to be cremated, San Lorenzo Cemetery offers traditional family plots, cremation gardens, columbarium niches and family mausoleums. They also sell monuments and offer a flower service for those unable to visit their loved ones."
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