Established in 1851, Mount Mora owes its current design to W. Angelo Powell in 1872. Like most of the cemeteries I show, this is a product of the rural cemetery movement begun at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.
For a city of St. Joseph’s size, there are an insane number of mausolea! It just goes to show that that claim there were more millionaires per capita in the city than anywhere in America could very well be true.
These mausolea are on the southwest side of the main road.
Below is the view looking down towards the entrance.
Below are the mausolea on the northeast side of the road.
I was surprised at the large amount of the Egyptian Revival per capita.
