The A.B. Watson mausoleum is one of the finest in Oak Hill cemetery. It was completed last summer at a cost of approximately $42,000 and is in the Egyptian type of architecture. The walls and roof are of Barry granite and the interior is of imported Italian marble. The floor is inlaid and the receptacles, of which there are twenty-two, are underground. Two granite sphinxes guard the brass doors. With the placing of the body of Mrs. A.B. Watson in the mausoleum, the body of her husband, which has been in the receiving vault at Oak Hill, also will be placed there. Later it is probable the bodies of John A. and James Mead, adopted children, will be placed in the mausoleum. Before her death Mrs. Watson spoke of bringing the bodies of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Brooks, from Newaygo and this probably will be done.
Grand Rapids Herald June 16, 1915
Transcribed Robert Worden
Grand Rapids Herald June 16, 1915
Transcribed Robert Worden
The A.B. Watson mausoleum is one of the finest in Oak Hill cemetery. It was completed last summer at a cost of approximately $42,000 and is in the Egyptian type of architecture. The walls and roof are of Barry granite and the interior is of imported Italian marble. The floor is inlaid and the receptacles, of which there are twenty-two, are underground. Two granite sphinxes guard the brass doors. With the placing of the body of Mrs. A.B. Watson in the mausoleum, the body of her husband, which has been in the receiving vault at Oak Hill, also will be placed there. Later it is probable the bodies of John A. and James Mead, adopted children, will be placed in the mausoleum. Before her death Mrs. Watson spoke of bringing the bodies of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Brooks, from Newaygo and this probably will be done.
Grand Rapids Herald June 16, 1915
Transcribed Robert Worden
Grand Rapids Herald June 16, 1915
Transcribed Robert Worden
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