Browse pictures of monuments, headstones, mausoleums and memorials in this PDF guide. Learn how Rome Monument designs and builds upscale cemetery monuments and elegant private family mausoleums using high quality granite, impeccable construction standards and old world craftsmanship. Get an understanding of the personalization, customization and ordering processes.
An above ground burial vault, or mausoleum, is a very solid container, usually granite, that is used to hold one or more caskets or cremation niches. Rome Monument prices for a 1 crypt above ground burial vault start at $15,000.
Pictured above is an in-stock pre-assembled side-by-side 2 crypt olive grey granite mausoleum with a black granite front for sale at Rome Monument for $26,878.00, if you pick it up at the Rome Monument mausoleum production facility.
Call Vince Dioguardi at 724-770-0100, extension 3 or email him at info@romemonuments.com to order this 2 crypt mausoleum.
The price of $26,878.00 for the in-stock and pre-assembled high quality granite 2 crypt mausoleum shown above, does not include, freight, crane rental, lettering or installation costs.
Call Vince Dioguardi at 724-770-0100, extension 3 or email him at info@romemonuments.com to get a quote to have the mausoleum pictured above, delivered to you or installed in your cemetery.
Pictured above is an in-stock pre-assembled 'stacked' 2 crypt mausoleum for sale at Rome Monument for $34,087.00, if you pick it up at the Rome Monument mausoleum production facility.
It was designed and built by Rome Monument using rose colored granite and features a gable style roof and round fluted columns.
The two burial crypts are stacked vertically, one on top of the other.
Call Vince Dioguardi at 724-770-0100, extension 3 or email him at info@romemonuments.com to order this double mausoleum.
The price of $34,087.00 for the in-stock and pre-assembled high quality 2 crypt granite mausoleum shown above, does not include, freight, crane rental, lettering or installation costs.
Call Vince Dioguardi at 724-770-0100, extension 3 or email him at info@romemonuments.com to get a quote to have the mausoleum pictured above, delivered to you or installed in your cemetery.
View design pictures or watch videos. Prices start at $15K. The most popular type of multi-crypt above ground burial vault sold by Rome Monument is the two crypt (double) mausoleum. You can request a price for a custom designed above ground burial vault, here.
2023 US prices for custom 1 crypt mausoleums sold by Rome Monument start at $15K, 2 crypt mausoleums at $23K, 3 crypt mausoleums at $30K, 4 crypt mausoleums at $40K, 6 crypt family mausoleums at $45K, 8 crypt private mausoleums at $55K, 9 crypt mausoleums at $60K and walk-in family mausoleums at $85K.
Family-owned above ground final resting places in which cremated or intact remains are entombed, are typically smaller than the cemetery-owned mausoleums and columbaria sold by Rome Monument. Six types of above ground burials are briefly described, here.
Learn about mausoleum design options, decorations, accessories and interiors in this informative 2023 mausoleum design guide video.
Get information on how to order above ground burial vaults in the United States by calling Vince Dioguardi, Rome Monument's mausoleum designer and architect, at 724-770-0100 or by email at info@romemonuments.com. After your intial conversations and/or email dialogue with Mr. Dioguardi, if you decide to move forward, he will work hand-in-hand with you to customize and perfect the unique design of your mausoleum.
What Are Above Ground Burial Vaults And Who Sells Them?
Three types of above-ground interment are burial vaults, mausoleums and columbaria. Interment is the burial of a corpse in a tomb or grave, usually with funeral rites (ceremony). Crypts can also be considered to be above-ground vaults or mausoleums, where the full or cremated body of the deceased is interred.
In the United States, a crypt, or above-ground burial vault, is typically referred to as a private mausoleum, individual mausoleum (single crypt) or public (community) mausoleum in which where the intact remains or the cremated remains of the deceased are entombed in containers typically constructed with granite.
Pictured below is an above ground burial vault. It is a very solid container, made of granite, that is used to hold the casket of Margaretha Dodge (November 17, 1929 - October 23, 2016. It was designed by Vince Dioguardi.
Single crypt mausoleums are a common type of above ground burial vault.
It is erected above the ground, and normally has some ornamentation or a decorative cover. Above ground burial vaults protect the human remains from the elements and provide ground support.
Above ground burial vaults are sold by Rome Monument, which is an independent mausoleum manufacturing company. Above ground burial vaults are also sold by granite companies, cemetery supply companies, cemeteries, funeral homes and other brokers and resellers.
This 2 crypt above ground burial vault pictured above, is a companion crypt style mausoleum that memorializes John J. Shutey and his wife, Shirley. It is a solid granite container that features a custom diamond etching of the couple at the Seven Oakes Country Club, along with etched names, birth and death dates.
You can buy a 4 crypt mausoleum from Rome Monument, like the one picture here and have it installed in any cemetery in the United States that allows these types of above ground burial vaults.
Watch this 2023 video titled "2023 Essential Buyers Guide to Private Family Mausoleums [Types, Designs, Granite, Costs, Builders]" to learn more about above ground burial vaults sold online and locally in the United States.
In this 2023 video produced by Rome monument, watch a step-by-step guide to find out how a typical 1 crypt mausoleum purchase works and learn about single crypt mausoleum prices and the design process.
Pictured above is a single crypt mausoleum designed and constructed by Vince Diouguardi of the Rome Monument company. A single crypt granite mausoleum (burial vault), which is always built above ground, holds the remains of the deceased in a casket or cremation urn or niche.
The Rome Monument mausoleum construction company, which was founded in 1934, sells above ground burial vaults, tombs, crypts and columbaria with niches for cremated remains. In 2023, above ground burial vaults (mausoleums) can be ordered online and at various local Rome Monument showrooms located in the United States.
The Rome Monument mausoleum manufacturing company was founded by Michael Dioguardi, a stone craftsman from Italy who immigrated to Rochester, Pennsylvania in 1930.
He started his own cemetery monument and mausoleum construction company four years later and named it Rome Monument.
The company is now managed by Vincent Dioguardi who is also the firm's mausoleum architect and designer. Rome Monument is the parent-company of Dio + Co.
Public and community mausoleums designed and built by Rome Monument for cemeteries and burial parks in the United States are used to memorialize multiple individuals and families.
The final resting place of President Ulysses S. Grant and his wife, Julia, is the largest mausoleum in the United States.
Above Ground Burial Vaults For Sale In The United States For Families, Churches and Cemeteries
Rome Monument sells private mausoleums and above ground burial vaults to families, churches and cemeteries in the United States.
Double crypt mausoleums sold by Rome Monument and Dio + Co. hold the intact or cremated remains of two people, normally for a husband and wife, or lifelong companions.
2 crypt mausoleums can be designed by Vince Dioguardi as an above-ground burial vault, a building with the crypt opening on the outside (garden mausoleum), or a walk-in mausoleum with the crypt opening on the inside of the building (chapel mausoleum).
In this 2023 Rome Monument video, you’ll follow the installation of a two-crypt private family mausoleum from the time it is hoisted onto the flatbed at the Rome Monument Artisan Center in Monaca, Pennsylvania, to when it is lowered onto its foundation at the Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania.
Pictured below is a 2 crypt above ground burial vault that Rome Monument designed, built and installed in a cemetery for Robert and Margaret Mitchell. To see how Rome Monument installs 2 crypt mausoleums in cemeteries, watch this 2023 video.
Take a look at double crypt mausoleums for sale by Rome Monument on Pinterest to get design ideas.
Ordering An Above Ground Burial Vault In Advance Of Interment
Some people, who pre-plan their burial and cemetery memorial arrangements, choose to have their bodies, or their deceased relatives, stored in a clean and dry above ground crypt or mausoleum for personal reasons.
Some of our above ground burial vault customers order in advance of their passing so that they don't burden their family with the process of purchasing the cemetery memorial.
In this 2023 video produced by Rome Monument, you can find out how to plan, buy and build your custom family mausoleum and also learn how to buy your cemetery plots and land.
In 2023, Rome Monument is now selling above ground burial vaults (mausoleums) custom made with the highest quality granite to customers in all 50 states.
In Chapter 11 of the Essential Buyer’s Guide to Private Family Mausoleums, you’ll learn how custom sculptures, statues and columns enhance the beauty and value of your mausoleum. A sculpture is any three-dimensional piece of art created by carving, removing material, or modelling, adding material – they can be custom sculptures, statues or sculpted columns.
They can be a decorative addition to a mausoleum or a symbol or image with special meaning to the family including religious imagery or symbols representing your family’s nationality.
In this 2018 video titled "Watch Rome Monument Build a Private Family Mausoleum", Rome Monument takes you through the steps on how a mausoleum is designed and built. It follows the construction of a Greek Neoclassical-style mausoleum (pictured above) for the Pappan family of Pennsylvania that was installed in Beaver Cemetery, Beaver Pennsylvania in 2015.
Rome Monument is a mausoleum construction company, mausoleum contractor and mausoleum builder with over 80 years of experience as a design/builder of private family mausoleums for cemeteries and memorial parks.
The Pappan family took advantage of Rome Monument's Pre-Arranged Cemetery Monument Plan - pre-need planning that allowed the Pappan family to pre-design, pre-plan and pre-pay for a truly high quality, completely customized monument prior to their passing and according to their wishes.
Rome Monument offers our exclusive “Pre-Arranged Cemetery Monument Plan” for families who want to take the responsibility and cost for the design, creation, and installation of an above ground burial vault, off grieving members of your family. This ensures that our customers get an above ground burial vault built exactly the way they want - from the shape of the crypt, to the size, to the cost of the mausoleum, to the artwork and wording on the front facing.
3 crypt granite mausoleums (pictured above), are designed and built by Rome Monument built to hold the remains of 3 family members. 3 crypt family mausoleums for sale in the United States are shown here.
Pictured below is a 3 crypt mausoleum that Rome Monument designed, constructed and then erected in the The Italian Cemetery in Colma, CA in 2021.
A 3 crypt walk-in mausoleum designed by Rome Monument's mausoleum architect, Vince Dioguardi, is depicted here.
High Quality Above Ground Burial Vaults Are Manufactured by Rome Monument
Rome Monument has been manufacturing above ground burial vaults since 1934. We deliver to, and install granite burial vaults in cemeteries and memorial parks/gardens throughout the United States. Rome Monument manufactures both private above ground burial vaults and community mausoleums.
Some people refer to above ground burial vaults as "above ground lawn crypts". If you would like to know how above ground burial vaults actually work, call 724-770-0100 or watch this video titled "High Quality Mausoleum Design and Construction Overview". Click here for a brief history of above ground burial vaults, mausoleums crypts and tombs. The information is very interesting.
The Gardens of Boca Raton, an all faiths cemetery & funeral home, includes an idyllic above-ground cemetery & mausoleum.
The Gardens of Boca Raton, offers community mausoleum burials, private and family mausoleums, as well as outdoor and indoor mausoleum spaces.
Located within the City of Boca Raton, the Boca Raton Cemetery & Mausoleum was established over four decades ago.
The Mausoleum is open to all and serves families and individuals of all faith traditions.
The Boca Raton Cemetery & Mausoleum offers a complete selection of memorialization to accommodate a broad range of financial situations. Many arrangements are comparable to the cost of ground burial.
Appropriate Use of Above Ground Burial Vaults
Surface level vaults are only appropriate in cemeteries that have no substantial risk of flooding. If you or your family are interested in above ground burial in a private mausoleum, browse pictures in this design gallery to get ideas for a completely 100% personalized mausoleum. Both caskets and cremation urns can be place in above ground tombs and crypts.
A private mausoleum is an above-ground structure, usually built with granite, that is used for the permanent interment of the deceased. If you are considering buying a unique custom private family granite mausoleum, a personal mausoleum (built for a single individual) or a customized private burial vault, view the galleries below or contact Rome Monument to discuss your design requirements.
If you want to know how much a mausoleum costs or want to buy a private family mausoleum, call 724-770-0100 and ask for Vince Dioguardi. If you want to understand the difference between a crypt and a mausoleum, email info@romemonuments.com.
Beautiful, high quality free-standing mausoleums designed and built by Rome Monument are architectural statements to a family's legacy and heritage. Walk-in family mausoleums provide shelter, privacy and comfort to family members that are visiting a grave site to pay their respects to family members that have passed on.
The average design and construction time for a private family mausoleum ranges from 3-12 months. In most cases, Rome Monument, is both a mausoleum retailer and an installer.
Our firm often builds the mausoleum foundation as well. In some mausoleum projects, the cemetery maintenance staff will construct the mausoleum foundation. Scroll down to watch videos and browse photographs. Family mausoleums for sale are pictured below.
Information On Community Mausoleums, Private Columbariums, Church and Community Columbariums, Crypts, Urns And Niches For Sale
Community mausoleums, which are different than private family mausoleums, hold the remains of multiple families. These are normally located in cemeteries or on church grounds. Community mausoleums and community columbariums can have dozens or hundreds of crypts (for traditional burials or cremation).
Crypts are purchased individually by cemetery or church customers. Mausoleum niches are spaces in a community columbarium or a community mausoleum that hold cremation urns and other approved containers. People do not have to be cremated to be buried in a private mausoleum or community mausoleum.
A niche in a community mausoleum or church columbarium can range in cost from a few hundred dollars to a few thousand dollars. Niches are usually accessed through a wall in columbarium or mausoleum.
The location of the deceased casketed remains or cremated remains (cremains) are normally identified and marked with a niche marker, nameplate or plaque, often manufactured using bronze.
Rome Monument designs, builds, sells and installs mausoleums and columbariums for private individuals, families, cemeteries and churches and community organizations. for both types of above ground mausoleums and columbariums- private mausoleums for individuals and families, and community mausoleums for cemeteries, memorial parks and churches.
Pictured Below Are Galleries Of Unique Custom Mausoleums And Crypts For Sale
Private granite mausoleums and family crypts are for sale by Rome Monument. Browse pictures, watch videos, download PDF catalogs, get prices, learn how to order and schedule construction and installation.
Rome Monument builds and installs private family mausoleums in cemeteries and on private property throughout the United States. Types of mausoleums include 1 crypt, 2 crypt, family mausoleums and walk-in mausoleums.
If you are interested in buying a custom designed private mausoleum for yourself, you and your spouse, your parents, your children or other family members, please consider talking with Vince Dioguardi, the president of Rome Monument at 724-770-0100. Vince loves to talk about mausoleums and is very friendly, knowledgable and professional.
During your phone conversation, he will be happy to explain how the process of ordering works, review how prices are determined, present your design customization options, touch on our mausoleum construction standards and clarify mausoleum setting and installation details.
If you prefer email to a phone conversation, please feel free to email Vince at info@romemonuments.com or contact him by using our Contact Form.
Browse pictures of 1 crypt mausoleums, 2 crypt mausoleums, private family mausoleums and stately walk-in mausoleums in this PDF guide. Learn how Rome Monument designs and builds elegant mausoleums using high quality granite, impeccable construction standards and old world craftsmanship. Get an understanding of the customization and ordering processes. Learn about high-grade granite, mausoleum foundations, base courses, architectural options and landscaping considerations.
A mausoleum, crypt or columbarium is a free-standing cemetery building that contains the grave, tomb or burial chamber of the deceased. A large private or public church/cemetery mausoleum, or community columbarium, can also incorporate other elements, such as a chapel or a niche for cremated remains.
Designed and built by the memorial architects at Rome Monuments, our private, family and estate mausoleums can be adorned with beautiful custom designs, such as; etchings, engravings, bas reliefs, statues, 3D carvings, and symbols and imagery that convey the specific nationality or religion of the deceased.
They can be for any number of graves and come in a variety of styles and shapes. You can select from a wide variety of granite colors for both traditional and cremation mausoleums in different price ranges.
Rome Monument also sells, designs and constructs columbariums, single crypt mausoleums and double crypt mausoleums. Rome Monument is a mausoleum construction company, mausoleum contractor, community mausoleum manufacturer and private family mausoleum builder with over 80 years of experience as a design/builder of mausoleums for cemeteries, memorial parks, churches and private property. Our mausoleum construction standards are rigorous and meticulous.
The process of ordering a top-of-the-line private family mausoleum starts with a call to 724-770-0100 or an email to Vince Dioguardi at info@romemonuments.com. After your intial conversations and/or email dialogue, if you decide to move forward, Vince will work hand-in-hand with you to customize and perfect the unique design of your mausoleum.
Once you approve the design plans and payment arrangements have been settled, construction begins in our manufacturing facility.
When the mausoleum has been completed in-house, it is delivered to your your cemetery or memorial park. The final setting and installation is then completed. The entire process, from contacting Mr. Dioguardi to installation, normally takes between 3 and 12 months depending on the complexity of the mausoleum construction and seasonal installation factors.
Browsing mausoleums is simple. Just click the images below—then learn more about any specific style of mausoleum. Talk with a designer at Rome Monument to learn about your mausoleum customization options. Rome Monument sells, designs, builds and constructs private, family and estate mausoleums for cemeteries located throughout the continental (lower 48) United States. Prices for single crypt mausoleums start at $15K. View pictures in the gallery and call 724-770-0100 for specific prices.