Crown Hill Cemetery: Difference between revisions

* [[James Whitcomb Riley's Monument&nbsp;–Tomb]]: Following Riley's death on July 22, 1916, Crown Hill's board offered his family the prestigious site at "The Crown", the summit of Crown Hill that overlooks Indianapolis, as his final resting place. His was buried there on October 6, 1917. Riley's gravesite is marked with a large, open-canopied monument.<ref>Wissing, p. 113.</ref>

* Forrest Memorial&nbsp;–: This is the gravesite of Albertina Allen Forrest, wife of [[Butler University]] professor and Citizens Gas general manager Jacob Dorrsey Forrest. She died on April 27, 1904. To mark the grave, her husband commissioned Viennese sculptor [[Rudolph Schwarz (sculptor)|Rudolf Schwarz]], whose work adorns numerous monuments and memorials including the [[Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Indianapolis)|Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument]] in Indianapolis, to create "Statue in Repose", a kneeling woman in mourning beneath a couplet from [[Alfred Lord Tennyson]]'s "In Memoriam". Albertina's husband, who died in 1930, is buried in an unmarked grave beside the memorial.<ref>Wissing, pp. 130, 136–38.</ref>

* Three limestone statues depicting the Greek goddesses [[Themis]], [[Demeter]], and [[Persephone]] from the old Marion County Courthouse were purchased for the cemetery for $325. The courthouse was demolished in 1962.<ref name=Sanford20>Sanford, p. 20.</ref>

* "Equatorial Sundial"&nbsp;– :David L. Rodgers was commissioned to create the functional [[sundial]] in 1985. It was fabricated of Indiana limestone in [[Bloomington, Indiana]], and installed in front of the Community Mausoleum in 1987.<ref name=Wissing228>Wissing, p. 228.</ref>

* The Hoosier Artists Contemporary Sculpture Walk: was establishedEstablished to mark Crown Hill's 140th anniversary, the andwalk includes works by ten artists, including Michael B. Wilson's "Social Attachments" and Eric Nordgulen's "Antenna Man".<ref>Wissing, pp. 286, 293.</ref>