Schoenhofen Mausoleum Angel - Chicago, IL
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N 41° 57.561 W 087° 39.568
16T E 445349 N 4645473
This angel is at the entrance to the Mausoleum of a prominent brewer in Chicago.
Waymark Code: WMC75E
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 08/02/2011
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Chicago's Graceland Cemetery has gravesites for many prominent people...with many unique monuments.
This mausoleum has a pyramid shape with a sphinx and an angel guarding its door.
The Wikipedia article (
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The cemetery's website (
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"Peter Schoenhofen, 1827 - 1893
Wealthy brewer Schoenhofen’s pyramid was designed by architect Richard Schmidt in 1893. It features the unlikely combination of an Egyptian pyramid and sphinx with a typical Victorian era angel. Since that may be hedging one’s bet on the afterlife, we say: Prosit, Herr Schoenhofen. (Literal translation of this German toast: “May it be useful, Mr. Schoenhofen.”)"