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Designing for the Dead: Art & Architecture of Laurel Hill East

Presented by Friends of Laurel Hill at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia PA

May 07 2023
Designing for the Dead: Art & Architecture of Laurel Hill East

Explore beautiful Laurel Hill East Cemetery and learn about its unique architecture.

Noted architects like John Notman, William Strickland, Frank Furness, John J. McArthur, C.C. Zantzinger, Horace Trumbauer, and Napoleon LeBrun competed fiercely for the chance to design for the dead. Join us on a walking tour of Laurel Hill East, where we will see monuments created by these early architects, as well as artists such as Alexander Milne Calder, his son Alexander Stirling Calder, and sculptress Harriet Frishmuth, whose works grace many of Laurel Hill’s memorials. The tour will ... view more »

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Laurel Hill Cemetery

3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19132

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