Styx and Stones (Part 3): Where Artistry Meets Eternity

Posted on October 13, 2012 by hometown

Oakwood Cemetery (see Part 1) is Fort Worth’s history book printed on pages of marble. But it also can be read as a book of art:

look-up-quatrefoil-slaughter-oakwoodQuatrefoils on the mausoleum of cattle baron John Bunyan Slaughter.

cemetery-carving-oakwood cemetery-oakwood-angles cemetery-oakwood-fancy cemetery-swirl-oakwood lion-oakwood-2

cemetery geo oakwood cube 2columns oakwood 3Monument of murdered merchant B. C. Evans.

cemetery geo oakwood cylinderscemetery face angel with wreath oakwoodcemetery fragile oakwood feet

Posts About Cemeteries

This entry was posted in Cities of the Dead, Downtown, All Around, North Side. Bookmark the permalink.

2 Responses to Styx and Stones (Part 3): Where Artistry Meets Eternity

  1. Bryan Richhart says:
    October 13, 2012 at 10:24 pm

    Hey, Mike!

    Make a tour of graveyards and just different types of iron fences. Bet there are at least 6 different standard styles.

    Reply
    • hometown says:
      October 14, 2012 at 7:46 am

      Good idea, Bryan. I do have photos of a few, especially at Pioneer’s Rest and Oakwood. Little Polytechnic Cemetery has a couple, too.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *