US Private And Public Mausoleum Designer And Builder (2024)

Types Of American Mausoleum Architectural Design Styles

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American Mausoleum Design Styles Are Inspired By Classical Greek Architecture, Roman Temples, Egyptian Tombs And Gothic Churches

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• Today, the most popular mausoleum architectural design style is Classical Revival, which typically features stately columns, artistic pediments and sculpted statues.
• Based on Greek and Roman architecture, Classical style mausoleums have perfect proportions, harmony, symmetry, and feature triangular pediments and tall columns supporting horizontal beams. 
• American mausoleum design styles include traditional stained glass, modern bronze doors, classical architecture, small private walk-in styles and large family estate interiors. 
• In New York City, iconic mausoleums in the Woodlawn Cemetery, like the Gates Mausoleum, are a design lover’s dream.
• Types of American mausoleum architectural styles include classical, walk-in, personalized family estate, private, public, community, garden, columbariums, Art Deco, Gothic, Romanesque and Egyptian.

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American Mausoleum Architecture From The Mid 1800's To 2023

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Mausoleums built in the Glendale Cemetery, for wealthy and prominent citizens of Akron, Ohio during the mid 1800's through the early 1900's, feature a wide variety of architectural styles that draw upon ancient building forms. 

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Beautiful Traditional Stained Glass Windows, Crypts And Niches In Large American Family Estate Mausoleum Interiors

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Watch this video to enjoy the inspirational Tiffany stained glass windows, in the 1914 mausoleum designed by architect Sidney Lovell, located in the Rosehill Cemetery Mausoleum in Chicago.

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Types Of Mausoleum Architectural Design Styles Commonly Seen In American Cemeteries.

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Small Private Walk-In Style Mausoleum With Modern Bronze Doors And Decorative Bronze Wreaths

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Small Private Mausoleum Design Styles

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Pictured above is a small stand-alone two crypt private mausoleum designed for a couple in 2016 by Vince Dioguardi and built by the Rome Monument mausoleum construction company. 

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American Mausoleum Styles

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• There are three basic types of mausoleums: above ground burial vaults, garden or outdoor mausoleums, and estate walk-in and non-walk-in mausoleum buildings.
• American mausoleums are above-ground, free-standing buildings that have crypts and other types of burial containers to hold remains.
• 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.
• Garden mausoleums are located outdoors instead of indoors and often contains niches for cremated remains. 
• Outdoor or garden mausoleums are similar to indoor mausoleums.
• Garden mausoleums provide families with a community area of shared spaces to house remains.
• An overview of things to know about mausoleums is available, here.
• See inside mausoleums, learn about their functions, get information on their burial capacities, find out how much they cost and watch videos, here.
• See how a private family walk-in mausoleum is built, here.
• Learn about the types and styles of private and family mausoleums for sale in the United States in 2024, here.

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Videos About Mausoleums, Their Uses, Design, Construction And Costs

• What Is A Mausoleum? Burial Uses, See Inside Tombs And Monuments [Episode 1, 2024 Mausoleum Guide]
• See How A Private 3 Crypt Walk In Mausoleum Is Constructed + Interior Design & Cemetery Landscaping
• See Inside The Types Of Mausoleums And Burial Chambers With Family Crypts And Stained Glass Windows
• Architectural Design Styles Of Famous Mausoleums Around The World [2024 Mausoleum Guide, Episode 3]
• Mausoleum Types: Private Family, 2 Person, Single Crypt, Columbarium, 2024 Mausoleum Guide Episode 2
• How a 2-Crypt Mausoleum Is Installed In a Cemetery [Rome Monument 2023]
• Egyptian Style Mausoleum Design Featuring Famous, Private Family & Public Mausoleums
• Gothic Style Mausoleum Designs Featuring Famous, Private Family & Public Mausoleums
• See Art Deco Style Mausoleum Designs Featuring Famous, Private Family and Public Mausoleums
• See Romanesque Style Mausoleum Designs Featuring Famous, Public & Private Family Mausoleums
• Classical Style Mausoleum Designs Featuring Famous, Public, and Private Family Mausoleums
• See Inside The Burial Crypt Of A U.S. President’s Tomb (1890 Mausoleum Built For James A. Garfield)
• Montana Mausoleum On A Mountain Peak Built For 2 Crypts, See How It Was Designed Overlooking Big Sky
• See Inside Mausoleums With Tiffany Style Stained Glass Windows
• See a 26-Ton Walk-In Mausoleum Installed In a Cemetery with a 52-Ton Crane To Hoist It Onto Its Pad
• Don't Believe Cemeteries that Say You Have to Buy Your Headstone, Monument or Mausoleum From Them
• How A Mausoleum Bench Is Made
• How Is A Mausoleum Built

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Traditional American Mausoleum Architectural Design Styles In Pictures And Videos

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• Classical
• Neoclassical
• Egyptian
• Art Deco
• Conceptual
• Baroque
• Gothic
• Modern
• Romanesque
• Renaissance Revival
• Catholic
• Moorish Revival
• Greek
• Asian

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Classical Revival Mausoleums

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The Classical Revival Style Mann Family Mausoleum

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The balanced and symetrical Classical Revival (Neoclassical) architectural design features a triangular pediment, 4 dramatic Ionic columns, a large interior vestibule and 2 granite memorial benches.

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Explore Traditional American Mausoleum Architectural Design And Funerary Art Styles Available From Rome Monument In Pictures And Videos

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• Modern & Contemporary Private Mausoleum Architectural Styles
• Small Walk-In Styles With Private & Quiet Indoor Vestibules
• Popular Symetrical Neoclassical Greek & Roman Mausoleum Achitectural Styles
• Mausoleums For Specific Church Denomination Cemeteries
• Stand-Alone 2 Person Walk-In & Non Walk-In Mausoleums
• Granite Mausoleums With Personalized Etchings And Bronze Plaques
• Small And Simple Marble Single Crypt Private Mausoleums For An Individual
• Lawn Crypt Style Companion Crypts For Loving Couples
• Above Ground Burial Vaults With Family Heritage Pictures & Engravings
• Stately Classical Style Mausoleums With Columns, Statues & Pediments
• Family Estate Legacy Style Mausoleums For Multiple Generations
• Sleek & Linear Art Deco Style Mausoleums With Geometric Orientation
• Catholic Faith Mausoleum Styles With Religous Symbols, Imagery And Accents
• Vestibule Style Mausoleums With Bronze Doors & Bronze Wreaths
• Private Family Decorative Mausoleums With Funerary Art Accessories & Vases
• Classic Revival Style Mausoleums With Custom Designed Granite Sculptures & Statues
• Multi-Crypt mausoleums With Crypt Spaces & Cremation Niches Together
• Indoor & Outdoor Columbaria With Niches For Cremation Funeral Urns
• Public & Community Style Mausleums With Many Niches And/Or Crypts
• Private Estate Mausoleums With Jewish Faith Epitaphas & Symbolism
• Walk-In Mausoleums With Custom Designed Stained Glass Windows
• Custom Built Multi-Crypt Mausoleums Interiors, Columns & Front Porches
• Large Sturdy Romanesque Style Granite Mausoleums
• Spiritual Mausoleums With Peaceful Angel Etchings & Accessories
• Distinctive Open Air, Outdoor & Garden Sarcophagus Style Monuments
• Family Estate Mausoleums With Memorial Benches & Landscaping
• Decorative Baroque Style Mausoleums With Domelike Ceilings
• Gothic Revival Church & Chapel Style Mausoleum Buildings
• Egyptian Revival Style Tombs With Lions & Sphinx Sculptures
• Mausoleums With Granite Inscriptions And Carvings For Any Language, Nationality, Ethnicity Or Culture 
• Renaissance Revival Mausoleum Construction Styles
• Moorish Revival Mausoleum Designs With Exotic & Ornate Arches & Stylings
• American Greek Revival Mausoleums With Temple Styles & Forms
• Old-Fashioned New Orleans Style Sarcophagus Tombs
• Conceptual, Unusual & Avant-Garde Style Mausoleum Designs
• Mausoleums With Asian And Japanese Decorations & Lettering

How You Place Your Order For A High Quality And Completely Customized Private Mausoleum In The US

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. 

• Place your order remotely online, by phone or in-person at a local Rome Monument mausoleum showroom near you in the United States.
• Please call Vince Dioguardi at 724-770-0100 or email the mausoleum designer at info@romemonuments.com to schedule the design, construction, shipping, delivery, setting and installation of a granite mausoleum anywhere in the United States.
• Please be aware that in 2023, the turn-around-time for the process of designing, constructing, delivering, setting and the installation of a completely custom granite mausoleum is between 6 and 12 months.
• For mausoleum shipping, delivery and installation fees in the US, please call Vince Dioguardi, the Rome Monument mausoleum shipping manager, at 724-770-0100 or email him at info@romemonuments.com, for an exact cost.
• The actual process of ordering a high quality private family mausoleum, above ground burial vault, columbarium or public (community) mausoleum starts with a phone call to Vince Dioguardi.
• After your initial phone conversations or in-person meetings, he will email you a mausoleum CAD design drawing and artistic rendering, along with a masuoleum construction quote, for your approval.
• Once you commission the design and construction of a mausoleum, one of the Rome Monument mausoleum design consultants will work closely with you and your cemetery to arrange the delivery and installation of your mausoleum.
• Pictured above is the Rome Monument headquarters where the mausoleum manufacturing company manages it's US mausoleum design, construction, shipping, delivery, installation and setting services.

Learn about mausoleum design regulations and construction standards, here.

Before you order your mausoleum, find out where the construction company gets its granite. If the granite isn't of the highest quality, your mausoleum won't be either.

High grade granite is ideal for use in the construction of mausoleums because it has a high quartz content which makes it hard, strong and durable.

Learn how to select high quality granite for your mausoleum, here.

Please note that in-stock 1 crypt mausoleums and 2 crypt mausoleums that are already pre-assembled and that are currently warehouse by Rome Monument in Monaca, PA can be delivered and installed quicker than custom 3 crypt granite familly mausoleums, multi-crypt granite mausoleums and private walk-in mausoleums.

From the top to the bottom, the best mausoleums are made with granite.

Pictured below is an extremely high quality granite 9 crypt private walk-in mausoleum, with a reflecting room for the DeSantis family members, that was designed and built by Rome Monument.

When selecting your mausoleum designer and builder, choose a company that uses only the highest quality materials for the mausoleum - that includes the granite for the structure and the concrete for the foundation.

Individuals, families and cemetery operators can order a high quality granite mausoleum remotely online, by phone or at one of the many Rome Monument showrooms located in the United States.

To request an in-person mausoleum design consultation or a remote online mausoleum design meeting from your home or office, with Vince Dioguardi, please call him at 724-770-0100 to make an appointment.

The Various Types Of Mausoleum Crypts

• Indoor: A shared space where the crypts are located indoors
• Garden/outdoor: A shared space where the crypts are located outdoors
• Private mausoleums: Private spaces, where the crypts can be located indoors or outdoors

• Single crypts: Single crypts are the most common type of crypt in a mausoleum.  Single crypts contain the remains of one person in a casket. 
• Side-by-side crypts: Side-by-side crypts are designed for two people. The caskets are positioned next to each other horizontally, and may each have its own engraved marker or the crypts may share a single large marker. 
• Companion crypts or end-to-end crypts: Companion crypts are designed for two people, but only take the space of a single crypt. The caskets are lined up “end-to-end” and a single marker is shared. Companion crypts are the mausoleum equivalent of “double depth.” 
• Westminster family crypts: Sometimes referred to simply as “Westminster crypts” or “family crypts,” this style of crypt can accommodate as many people as you’d like. Sometimes the arrangement is end-to-end crypts stacked on top of each other, and sometimes the arrangement is side-by-side crypts stacked on top of each other. Each person may have his or her own marker, or the crypts may share a single large marker.

Learn How Rome Monument Is Selling, Designing, Building Shipping, Delivering, Setting And Installing High Quality Granite Mausoleums In The US In 2023

Call Vince Dioguardi at 724-770-0100 or email the mausoleum designer at info@romemonuments.com to schedule the design, construction, shipping, delivery and installation of a granite mausoleum in the US.

High-quality mausoleum craftsmanship and granite carving techniques are explained in detail in the Rome Monument 2023 video series titled "The Essential Buyers Guide To Private Family Mausoleums".

Pictured below is a large granite building with places for the above ground entombment of the bodies of the Pappan family of Pennsylvania.

The external free-standing building shown here is a stately and magnificent monument that encloses the interment space (burial chamber) for the deceased members of the Pappan family.

If you're thinking about a mausoleum for your family's final resting place, the videos on the American image sharing and social media website, Pinterest.com, are required viewing. 

• Pictured above is the "Pappen Mausoleum" which was designed by Vince Dioguardi of Rome Monument, who used a CAD software program to draw the blueprint and floor plan of the above ground burial vault.
• Vince Dioguardi has many years of experience as the lead mausoleum architect in charge of designing stunning granite, bronze and glass buildings, which are located in some of the most beautiful and historic cemeteries in the US.
• He has designed and helped build numerous high quality mausoleum buildings in some of the greatest cemeteries in the country.
• Vince Dioguardi is extremely proficient at using a CAD software program for mausoleum architecture design and drafting.
• Vince Dioguardi produces detailed mausoleum CAD drawings and mausoleum architectural renderings for customers to approve before the mausoleum construction process begins in Rome Monument mausoleum production facility.
• Rome Monument mausoleum design consultants such as Vince Dioguardi frequently prepare hand drawings and/or CAD design drawings for customers to approve before private and public mausoleums are ordered and built.
• Other mausoleum design consultants and memorial sales managers at Rome Monument include John Dioguardi (CM), Chris Morgan and William Hapach Jr.
• In 2020, Vince Dioguardi, John Dioguardi and Chris Morgan, mausoleum design consultants at Rome Monument, helped SMSgt. Jessica Davis conceptualize her design idea for a memorial to honor the sacrifice of those who served from “Beirut and beyond”. 
• SMSgt. Jessican Davis chaired the Footsteps of the Fallen: Fight for Freedome - Beirut and Beyond memorial campaign.
• The Footsteps of the Fallen memorial for Beaver's Quay Square cost about $250,000 to complete. The Beaver County war memorial dedication ceremony, honoring Beaver County’s Fallen Heroes from the Gulf War and the War on Terror occured on June 11, 2022 in Beaver Falls, PA.
• Vince Dioguardi developed his mausoleum architectural skills by designing the overall look of classical and modern mausoleums for private and commercial customers throughout the United States.
• Vince Dioguardi typically works enthusiastically Monday through Saturday at the Rome Monument mausoleum construction company headquarters in Rochester, Pennsylvania.
• Vince Dioguardi, and his father John, are a few of the mausoleum architects in the US that also work on-site in cemeteries and burial parks as mausoleum construction project managera (CM).
• Vince Dioguardi and the firm, Rome Monument have been chosen by many cemetery operators and private families to be their general contractor for complex mausoleum building projects.
• Vince Dioguardi is normally assisted by his brother-in-law, William Hapach Jr., and at times by his "semi-retired" father John Dioguardi, with the responsibilities and coordination of high profile mausoleum installation projects.
• Vince Dioguardi and William Hapach Jr. both provide in-person day-to-day oversight at mausoleum construction sites located throughout the United States while working for Rome Monument and Dio + Co.
• Learn about mausoleum design regulations and constructions standards in this informative video.
• Vince Dioguardi and Bill Hapach manage vendors and subcontracted craftsmen who are needed for intricate mausoleum manufacturing, fabrication and installation projects.
• Learn how people commission the design and construction of a mausoleum, here.
• Vince Dioguardi and William Hapach communicate critical information to customers that have ordered a mausoleum. They also provide important information to cemetery operators, third party mausoleum construction vendors and other parties that are involved during the course of mausoleum construction projects.
• Vince Dioguardi learned a great deal about custom designing preliminary and final private family and estate mausoleum floorplans and blueprints from his father John Dioguardi, pictured below.

• John Dioguardi is a member of the Monument Builders of North America. 
• He became a Certified Memorialist (CM) by passing a rigourous three-part exam that covers all aspect of the memorialization industry. 
• John Dioguardi is a member of Cremation Association of North America.
• Meet John Dioguardi of Rome Monument in this 2018 video.
• The construction of the private family mausoleum pictured above was commissioned by the Pappen family after they approved the CAD drawings produced by Vince Dioguardi of the Rome Monument construction company.
• Rome Monument takes you through the steps and processes of designing and building an upscale granite walk-in mausoleum in this video. 
• The Pappan family met with Vince Dioguardi of Rome Monument who drew up designs and detailed architectural plans for the structure.
• The main portion of the mausoleum was constructed with American Gray granite.
• The blue pearl granite door was sculpted with crosses to symbolize the Pappan family's Christian faith.
• The two memorial benches in front were made from blue pearl granite. 
• To have a cremation bench or granite memorial bench custom designed by Rome Monument for your family's cemetery, call 724-770-0100.
• The mausoleum design incorporates classical architecture by using fluted turned ionic columns as one element.
• The family name carved above the entrance features polished hand tooled raised letters.
• The mausoleum rests on a triple base course of granite.
• In Chapter 20 of The Essential Buyers’ Guide to Private Family Mausoleums, you’ll learn why mausoleums with a granite base course using architecture and construction guidelines are so important.
• The mausoleum base course is a large slab of granite that rests on the concrete foundation, supporting the weight of the mausoleum and keeping it off the wet, unstable ground.
• The mausoleum roof stone is granite and is accented with decorative molding.
• In Chapter 15 of The Essential Buyers’ Guide to Private Family Mausoleums, get ideas on how to decorate your mausoleum with accessories, ornaments and decorations. 
• Rome Monument took about one month, on-site in the cemetery, to complete the high quality mausoleum construction.
• The complete mausoleum required 4 large truckloads of granite.
• Many of the components were prefabricated in the Rome Monument mausoleum manufacturing and production facility before being assembled on-site.
• Rome Monument rigorously followed mausoleum construction standards during the construction of the high quality mausoleum.

Family Walk-In Mausoleums Designed By Rome Monument Feature Private Indoor Vestibules For Peaceful Reflection

Rome Monument sells and designs unique estate mausoleums and custom community walk-in granite mausoleums to families, churches and cemeteries located throughout the US.

Large family mausoleums can be designed with decorative non-functional doors.

Other family mausoleums are designed by Vince Dioguardi as private walk-in structures, that have working entry doors, often made with granite and bronze, that open up to reveal a tranquil interior room, foyer or indoor vestibule.

Pictured below is a walk-in 12 crypt family mausoleum with an oval accent added above the entry doors. 

The mausoleum was created using tiffany grey granite and the size of the walk-in mausoleum is 20'-11" x 14'-0" x 15'-0". 

A walk-in mausoleum is a private eternal resting place where living family members peacefully reflect and cherish the love they have in their hearts for beloved relatives that have passed away. 

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.

Get ideas for gravesite visitations here or learn what to do when you visit your family's walk-in mausoleum by watching this 2019 video produced by Rome Monument.

Rome Monument also sells in-stock pre-assembled 1 crypt and 2 crypt mausoleums. 

The Greek Neoclassical Style Private Family Mausoleum Built For The Pappan Estate Is Pictured Below

• Pictured above and below is an elegant 4 crypt granite mausoleum that was handcrafted by Rome Monument to provide a fitting and tranquil final resting place for the Davis family.
• Pictured above and below is a high quality 4 crypt granite family mausoleum that has two side-by-side crypts and two crypts stacked on top of the two crypts on the lower level.
• The 4 crypt mausoleum shown here was constructed by Rome Monument artisans using mahogany granite for the structure and black granite for the crypt fronts.
• Rome Monument specializes in handcrafting cemetery monuments, private mausoleums and public mausoleums using high quality black granite. See examples designs on Pinterest, here.
• This 4 crypt above ground burial vault was commissioned to be custom designed by the Davis family.
• In the pictures displayed here you will notice that only Nathan Scott Davis has his name, birth date and death date diamond etched on the front.
• He was the son of Gregg and Debi (Samovoski) Davis.
• He passed away unexpectedly in his home on August 30, 1987.
• There are 3 spaces remaining that Rome Monument will be etched at a later date, when other family members are buried. 
• Rome Monument designed and constructed the jet black granite memorial bench so that surviving Davis family members can sit comfortably and reflect.
• The 4 crypt mausoleum depicted below was set in Beaver Cemetery, Pennsylvania in 2016.
• Private mausoleums designed and built by Rome Monument and Dio + Co. are permitted within the grounds of the Beaver Cemetery.
• Rome Monument designs and constructs private and public mausoleums in historic cemeteris located throughout the United States.
• Beaver Cemetery was founded in 1865 by community leaders to provide an area for dignified and proper burial for the townspeople of the day and for future generations.
• The borough of Beaver is located at the confuence of the Beaver and Ohio rivers, approximately 30 miles northwest of Pittsburgh.
• The community was laid out in 1792 and in 1800 it became the county seat of the newly formed Beaver County.
• In the 1800s, Beaver Cemetery was the most popular burial option for celebrated community leaders, business pioneers and architects of the Beaver civic institutions, judges, Pennsylvania senators and Beaver mayors.
• Showing the magnitude of how the Civil War impacted the community of Beaver, a remarkable count of 356 Civil War veterans are laid to rest in the Borough of Beaver - Clark Park (61) and Beaver Cemetery (295). All but one served with the Union Army.
• Michael Dioguardi founded the US headquarters for the mausolem construction company right across the river in Rochester, PA. 
• Take a gander at historic cemetery monuments disigned and built for famous Americans, who were laid to rest in Beaver Cemetery, some of which were erected by Rome Monument, here.
• Take a look at the 2 crypt mausoleum commisioned by U.S. Congressman, Charles Richard Eckert, and who was interred in Beaver Cemetery in 1959, here.
• Watch this video, produced by Rome Monument in 2018, to see inside of large mausoleums that were commisioned to memorialize famous Americans, here.
• To discuss the design and construction of a 4 crypt mausoleum for your family, feel free to contact Vince Dioguardi of Rome Monument at 724-770-0100 or info@romemonuments.com.

In 2023, Rome Monument Is Now Selling Private Mausoleums Custom Made With The Highest Quality Granite To Customers In All 50 States

• Rome Monument is an excellent choice to design and build your your custom private mausoleum.
• Peruse this custom mausoleum design gallery of unique mausoleums.
• You can shop at one of the many Rome Monument showrooms in the United States and choose from a large selection. From time to time, Rome Monument offers deals on select mausoleums. 
• Watch private family mausoleum construction videos and get information on mausoleum designs and prices, here.
• Contact Vince Dioguardi at 724-770-0100 or info@romemonuments.com with your mausoleum design idea.
• Rome Monument also stocks 1 crypt and 2 crypt granite pre-assembled mausoleums for families that have an immediate need or want to take care of their burial planning in advance.

A 9 Crypt Chapel Style Mausoleum Designed And Built By Rome Monument Is Pictured Below

• One connotation of the meaning of a private mausoleum, is that a private "estate" mausoleum is a building for a single family, and as such, is not a public mausoleum where multiple families are buried. 
• The other primary meaning of the concept of a private mausoleum is that the building has a grand entryway or walk-in door (s), and a vestibule area where mourners stand or sit to reflect, and is therefore a private place in a cemetery. 
• A single crypt granite mausoleum, which is always built above ground, holds the remains of the deceased in a casket or cremation urn or niche. A 1 crypt mausoleum is also considered to be a private mausoleum because nobody else is buried in the mausoleum.
• Pictured below is a single crypt tiffany granite mausoleum designed by Vince Dioguardi that features a double case course consisting of two solid pieces of granite. 
• In Chapter 20 of The Essential Buyers’ Guide to Private Family Mausoleums, you’ll learn why mausoleums with a granite base course using architecture and construction guidelines are so important.
• The base course is a large slab of granite that rests on the concrete foundation, supporting the weight of the mausoleum and keeping it off the wet, unstable ground. 

A Classically Designed Single Crypt Mausoleum Designed Constructed By Rome Monument Is Pictured Below

Pictured above is a single crypt granite mausoleum that was built to memorialize Frank Hanley Morrow (March 2, 1917 to August 16, 1999) by the Rome Monument mausoleum construction company.

• Rome Monument designs and builds both private mausoleums and public (community) mausoleums on behalf of individuals, families and cemetery owners located in almost every state.
• A twenty crypt private mausoleum built by Rome Monument is pictured here. This amazing mausoleum features a flat roof, a tiffany grey granite roof and base course and cameo rose granite walls.
• A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a cenotaph.
• A public mausoleum or community mausoleum, is a very sturdy above ground building that is used to memorialize multiple individuals from different families. Public mausoleums can hold caskets or cremated remains, or both.
• Private walk-in mausoleums feature a secure indoor enclosure that remains clean and dry without ever letting the casket or vault come in contact with the earth.
• In contrast to a private mausoleum, pictured below is a public community cremation niche mausoleum that holds the remains of deceased individuals from multiple families. Cremated remains can be buried in columbarium. 
• Learn how ashes are buried in mausoleums and columbariums in this 2023 above ground interment and cremation niche video guide.
• A columbarium is a structure of vaults that are lined with recessed for cinerary urns.
• A cinerary urn (plural cinerary urns) is a vessel used to preserve the ashes of the cremated dead. 

The Columbarium (Pictured Below) With Niches Where Funeral Urns Are Stored Was Designed By Vince Dioguardi And Was Built By Rome Monument 

A columbarium is a structure for the reverential and usually public storage of funerary urns, holding cremated remains of the deceased.

• Browse pictures of Rome Monument columbariums with niches for cremated remains used by families, churches and cemeteries, here.
• Columbariums are structures designed specifically to house cremated remains. A columbarium can be an indoor structure or an outdoor garden-style building, they can either be public or private.
• Although they resemble a mausoleum, columbariums differ in the fact that only cremated remains are stored there. Columbariums can be very simple or quite ornate, it depends on the style of the cemetery.
• Similar to mausoleums, columbariums can either be in public buildings or private family rooms. Community or public columbariums may be indoor or outdoor buildings that host cremated remains for everyone.
• On the other hand, private columbarium rooms are private spaces dedicated for one family. These are entirely independent rooms that can be customized with features such as stained glass, unique materials, and more. Private rooms can accommodate as many members of a family.
• A columbarium is made up of all the cremation niches it holds. Cremation niches are used to house the cremation urns and just as mausoleum crypts, they come in different styles and options.
• A single niche is a personalized cremation niche that holds one urn. A companion niche holds two cremation urns and are often available in either side-by-side or tandem configurations.
• View pictures of family mausoleums and columbariums built by Rome Monument, here. 
• View pictures of cemetery structures for cremated remains designed and built by Rome Monument, here.
• View pictures of vaults, tombs and crypts for cremated remains, here.
• Check out pictures of columbarium and mausoleum niche designs, here.

Pictured above is a 2 person granite private mausoleum designed and built by Rome Monument at the request of Donal and Marian Hildman.

In Chapter 2 of The Essential Buyers Guide to Private Family Mausoleums, you’ll learn about the types and prices of mausoleums for sale. There are three basic types of mausoleums: Above Ground Burial Vaults, Garden or outdoor Mausoleums, and estate walk-in and non-walk-in mausoleum buildings.

How Private Mausoleums Are Commissioned, Designed, Built, Delivered And Constructed By Rome Monument In The United States In 2023

The new columbarium section is located near the main entrance of the chapel with 616 new niches. The blessing took place under a strong sun that illuminated the space where the cremains of parishioners of the church would have eternal rest. According to Monsignor Clay, Catholics are increasingly choosing to be cremated. This has been particularly true since the onset of the pandemic. In 1997, the Catholic Church in the United States, with the approval of the Vatican, published guidelines to assist parishes and the families in the proper and reverent treatment of cremains. One of the main reasons why Catholics are choosing cremation is because it is seen as a more affordable option.

In 2023, Vince Dioguardi Is Designing Numerous Private Mausoleums For Prominent Families In The United States

Vince Dioguardi is the president of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-area Rome Monument, a company founded by his great-grandfather. He shares some of his proprietary custom granite gravestone design and construction secrets in this article titled "13 Secrets of Tombstone Engravers".

To design and build these stately walk-in style buildings on behalf of renowned U.S. families, Vince Dioguardi collaborates with client representatives, cemetery managers, burial park operators, public memorial garden personnel and columbarium and cremation niche providers.

Some of Vince Dioguardi's mausolem designs and cemetry monuments can be very elaborate. “Whatever that consumer can think of that they want to do, we can design it,” Dioguardi explains. That goes for the industry as a whole, not just his firm. “There’s a monument in Vermont that it’s a full scale Mercedes-Benz [made] out of a single block of granite,” he describes. The only thing that truly limits what kind of memorial you can design for your loved one is your budget— and your imagination.

The guy in Vermont who was memorized with a giant Mercedes-Benz sculpture isn’t a total outlier—a fair number of people ask to somehow incorporate cars or trucks. Many of Dioguardi’s clients request private mausoleums and memorials that incorporate themes like faith, family, hobbies, and career.

In 2022, Vince Dioguardi and the Rome Monument staff worked in tandem with green burial cemetery owners, granite quarries, funeral directors, cremation services and other monument builders to design, build and install very stunning new mausoleums.

About The 2 Crypt (Double or Companion) Mausoleum Pictured Above

• Pictured above is a beautiful 2 crypt granite mausoleum that was designed by Vince Dioguardi of Rome Monument, at the request of A. Leonard and Lois E. Kayafas, who are husband and wife.
• The 2 person mausoleum was designed with a pitched roof and a single solid base course.
• The final resting place shown above is sits peacefully in the historic Beavery Cemetery in Beaver, PA.
• The double mausoleum rests amid the beauty of stately trees sits an area landmark with winding roads and intriguing monuments standing in tribute to the persons who contributed to the history and destiny of this area.
• The companion mausoleum shown above was commissioned by Mr. and Mrs. Kayafas while they were both still alive.
• Check out Rome Monument's line of black granite 2 crypt mausoleums, here.
• Rome Monument is a mausoleum construction company, mausoleum contractor and mausoleum builder with over 89 years of experience as a design/builder of private family mausoleums for cemeteries and memorial parks.

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Pictured above is a 4 crypt granite mausoleum that Vince Dioguardi of Rome Monument designed for the Anderson family. Rome Monument sells and installs 4 crypt granite mausoleums throughout the United States.  You can buy a 4 crypt mausoleums with prices starting at $40K (setting, crane rental and installation not included).

Vince Dioguardi of Rome Monument designed a 4 crypt mausoeum for the Pollack family. Two crypts are side-by-side and two crypts are stacked on top. It was built by Rome Monument using mahogany granite and installed in December of 1999 at Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery in Pittsburgh, PA. 

 

A walk-in 4 crypt mausoleum designed and built with Tiffany grey granite by Rome Monument is pictured here.

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How To Choose A Good Cemetery For Your Mausoleum Burial

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In Chapter 7 of the Essential Buyer’s Guide to Private Family Mausoleums, you’ll learn how to choose a good cemetery for your mausoleum burial. We’ll discuss cemetery type, location, and rules and costs. every cemetery has rules and regulations about what types of memorials they allow and where they can be placed. And that includes mausoleums.   

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Vince Dioguardi Designs Mausoleums For U.S. Clients "Pre-Need"

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In Chapter 8 of The Essential Buyers’ Guide to Private Family Mausoleums, you’ll learn why planning ahead for your mausoleum - in advance of the passing of any family members – is a smart decision. You’ll learn how to plan, buy and build your custom family mausoleum…and how to buy your cemetery plots and land. When ordering a mausoleum pre-need, you pre-design, pre-plan and pre-pay for a truly high-quality monument prior to a passing and according to everyone’s wishes. If you wait till a family member passes, you’ll be left with difficult decisions on a big investment while in mourning, and could be overwhelmed with funeral arrangements and other post-passing business. Pre-planning ensures that your family gets a mausoleum exactly the way you want it. 

 

Pictured below is a 2 crypt granite mausoleum designed by Vince Dioguardi for Walter R. Kasper and his wife, Margaret O. Kasper. It features a black cross at the top.

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You don’t have to leave your gravestone’s design up to the people who outlive you: You can choose something for yourself before you go. “It’s extremely common here,” Dioguardi says. It’s called “pre-need.” That way, there’s no guessing or arguing among your family members about what you might want—it’s already determined.

Rome Monument pre-need programs enables individual and families to purchase a customized mausoleum before a funeral and burial occurs and pre-arrange the installation of the mausoleum in the cemetery in advance. Find out why customers order a mausoleum from Rome Monument before burials occur, here.

 

Rome Monument of Pittsburgh, PA designs, manufactures and installs custom monuments, mausoleums, memorials, headstones, gravestones and cemetery grave markers. View the Rome Monument memorial design gallery, here. Get Rome Monument mausoleum pricing and ordering information, here.

 

Since 1934, the skilled craftsmen at Rome Monument have inscribed the deceased's name, date of birth, and date of death on the mausolems purchased by U.S. families. Rome Monument craftsmen often inscribe personal messages, lettering, epitaphs, sayings, quotes or prayers in granite mausoleums along with names, birth and death dates.

 

“A lot of consumers think this is all machinery-based,” Dioguardi says, but not all firms rely entirely on stencils and computers. Rome Monument uses an automated sandblaster for lettering, but also uses chisels and other tools to create mausoleums by hand. If a family comes in and asks for a mausoleum with a rose on it, one of their sculptors will actually carve that rose into the granite freehand.

 

The professionals at Rome Monument, and it's luxury brand monument manufacturing company, Dio + Co., are experts at carving and etching personalized funerary art, including the finest details in stone relief. Vince Dioguardi, the Rome Monument mausoleum designer, is an expert at producing high-end, custom mausoleums with laser etched portraits.

 

These mausoleums often include a framed photograph or cameo of the deceased on the headstones, monuments, or gravestones we're creating. Vince uses design software that incorporates different fonts, photographs, and religious symbolism. Rome Monument deliver to cemeteries and other locations nationwide.

In Chapter 9 of The Essential Buyers’ Guide to Private Family Mausoleums, you'll learn how personalized etchings and engravings offer families an opportunity to memorialize the life and journey through life of an individual or family. You'll learn about the engraving process of cutting lettering, symbols, images, and artwork into the granite to create deep impressions. Etching makes shallower cuts and can create more detailed designs. Hand etching and laser etching are used for cutting granite.

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Pictured above is a 2 crypt mausoleum that was built by Rome Monument to secure for eternity, the cremated remains of Manuel Sanchez and his wife, Myrtle.

 

Since 1934, Rome Monument has showcased old-world skills and stone-working artistry to create unique luxury private mausoleums for families located throughout the United States. The Rome Monument mausoleum construction standards are rigorous and meticulous. 

 

Learn how to choose the perfect phrase or form of words written in memory of a person who has died or an epitaph for a mausoleum in the Rome Monument produced YouTube video titled "How To Choose The Perfect Headstone Saying or Epitaph".

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A 2 Crypt Laser Etched Mausoleum Designed And Built By Rome Monument To Memorialize A Married Couple Is Shown Below

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Pictured above is 2 crypt mausoleum designed and built by Rome Monument at the bequest of Shirley Shutey and her husband John. It features a laser etched old fashioned golfing scene.

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How To Choose A Mausoleum Designer and Builder In The United States

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Just because you choose a particular cemetery or funeral home doesn’t mean you have to buy a mausoleum directly from that company. “Cemeteries that do sell memorials make the consumer think that they have to purchase a memorial from the cemetery,” Dioguardi explains, but that isn’t the case.

You can commission a mausoleum from any designer, and then have it delivered and installed in the cemetery of your choice, assuming that they permit mausoleums. Both of Vince Dioguardi's firms, Rome Monument and Dio + Co. design and ship extremely high quality mausoleums to cemeteries all over the country. 

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A 9 Crypt Private Mausoleum Designed By Vince Dioguardi Is Pictured Below

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Dio + Co. Luxury Mausoleums Are Also Designed By Vince Dioguardi

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Dio + Co. is fourth-generation family-owned company, that designs, manufactures, and installs a wide variety of luxury mausoleums, gravestones, headstones, tombstones, monuments, memorial benches, granite and bronze memorials, and other stone markers that are placed over graves and burial plots.

 

Vince Dioguardi of Dio + Co. designs and builds completely custom and elegant mausoleums and columbariums. 

 

Options include single crypt, double crypt, private family multiple crypt, chapel walk-in, garden/outdoor or sepulcher, classically-styled walk-in, vestibule, Westminster family crypts, cemetery owned outdoor, and cemetery owned outdoor walk-in mausoleums.

 

Vince Dioguardi works full-time as the primary mausoleum designer and mausoleum architect for both the Rome Monument mausoleum construction company and Dio + Co.

 

Mr. Dioguardi and the staff of these two mausoleum construction firms build private and public mausoleums that are completely customized to the client's precise wishes. Both of these mausoleum contractors use high-quality granite, impeccable construction standards, and old-world craftsmanship.

 

Larger mausoleums designed by Vince Dioguardi can also include additional elements like a chapel or a niche for cremated remains and can be for any number of graves. The shape, style, and color are completely customizable as well as the adornments that accompany the mausoleum.

 

The current owners of Dio + Co. are Vince and Christy Dioguardi and Diane and William Hapach Jr., all of whom take a hands-on approach to running their business and who are leaders in the cemetery monument and memorial industry.

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Pictured Below Is The Private Family Mausoleum Designed By Rome Monument For The Pappan Family Of Pennsylvania

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• You can download the Rome Monument high-quality family mausoleum design and construction catalog in PDF format, here. 
• Download the Rome Monument Family Monument Catalog and Personalization Guide in PDF format, here. 
• Rome Monument sells private mausoleums and above ground burial vaults to families, churches and cemeteries in the United States.
• In 2023, prices for mausoleums sold by Rome Monument in the United States start at $15,000.
• 2 crypt mausoleum prices start at $23,000.
• 3 crypt mausoleum prices start at $30,000.
• 4 crypt mausoleum prices start at $40,000. 
• 6 crypt mausoleum prices begin at $55,000.
• Private walk-in style mausoleum prices start at $85,000.
• Get insider information from one of the U.S. monument industry's leading memorial companies in the video titled "The Most Important Factors that Affect Cemetery Monument Prices in the U.S."
• If you live in the United States, you can commission the design and construction of a mausoleum by calling Vince Dioguardi at the Rome Monument headquarters in Rochester, Pennsylvania at 724-770-0100 or by emailing info@romemonuments.com.

How To Buy Your 1 Crypt, 2 Crypt Or Walk-In Mausoleum, Get Private Mausoleum Prices And Learn About The Design Process

In Chapter 26 of The Essential Buyers’ Guide to Private Family Mausoleums, we’ll give you a step-by-step guide of how a typical mausoleum purchase works. Most Americans live in communities with cemeteries, but no monument company that makes mausoleums. Since your choice of a company will likely be from out of town, the transaction will likely be done remotely. 

Pictured Below Are 3 Different 2 Crypt Mausoleums Designed Handcrafted By Rome Monument For The Betters Family

Mausoleum and Columbarium Zoning Laws

• When constructing custom granite mausoleums in cemeteries in the United States, Rome Monument complies with local zoning ordinances.
• Get information about how mausoleums are shipped and delivered in the United States, here. 
• Zoning ordinances should unambiguously state that mausoleum and columbarium usage is consistent with cemetery usage.
• Zoning ordinances should not require special use or nonconforming use permits for mausoleum construction and other cemetery-related structures on acreage dedicated for cemetery operation. 
• In most states, the only restrictions to home mausolem burials on private property, are found in local zoning laws that tell you how and where you can bury the body.

Pictured Below Is A 2 Person Mausoleum Designed And Built By Rome Monument As The Final Resting Place Of George And Donna Suznevichh

US Prices For 1 Crypt, 2 Crypt And Walk In Mausoleums [1 & 2 Person, Private & Family Mausoleums]

Review pictures of high quality private mausoleums for sale online and locally at a US showroom near you. Find out how to order a custom designed family mausoleum remotely from home, here. 

In some cities, locals purchase their own mausoleum crypts on a first-come, first-serve basis. Rome Monument also builds large community mausoleums, some of which are open to the public.

How Rome Monument Gives Back To The Community

• The Rome Monument mausoleum and headstone company also cleans up vandalized cemetery monuments and helps to restore cemeteries.
• On occassion, Rome Monument mausoleum and monument construction crews help to restore, preserve, maintain and protect famous, historic and working cemeteries in the United States, usually at no charge. 
• Historic cemeteries are important to American life and culture and are located in many communities.