Shaw Mausoleum Garden and Mausoleum - St. Louis, Missouri
Posted by: BruceS
N 38° 36.726 W 090° 15.493
15S E 738726 N 4277298
Located on the grounds of the Missouri Botanical Garden is the final resting place for the garden's founder, Henry Shaw.
Waymark Code: WM5Y2M
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 02/28/2009
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The Mausoleum Garden is surrounded by a wrought-iron fence and shaded by large oak and sassafras trees. The octagonal shaped mausoleum is constructed of rose colored granite with the copper roof. ?The mausoleum was designed by architect George I. Barnett. Henry Shaw is laid to rest beneath a white marble sculpture sculpted from 1883 to 1885 by German Ferdinand von Miller II. Shaw posed for this likeness shortly before his death.