Mausoleum


The Mausoleum of Henry Huntington and his wife Arabella is considered to be the model for the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. John Russell Pope designed the Mausoleum before he won the commission that made him famous. Henry intended the Mausoleum to be a Greek temple, erected on the spot Arabella chose for her gravesite. The Mausoleum is made of Colorado Yule marble, and its circular peristyle has four bas-relief sculptures with literary quotes alluding to the four seasons. Surrounded by orange groves, the Mausoleum was completed in 1929, two years after Henry’s death and five years after Arabella died.

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Entrance, Start, Main Road, Sculpture Garden, Shakespeare Garden, Rose Garden-1, Rose Garden-2, Japanese Garden Entrance, Japanese Garden, Japanese House, Zen Garden, Bonsai Court, Austrailian Garden, Lily Ponds, Desert Garden, Mausoleum

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