One of the things I’ve been learning about as I read Stories in Stone is about cemetery architecture and what certain things that you find in a graveyard should be called. One of the most interesting monument-types I have read about is the sarcophagus tomb.
Sarcophagi are permanent containers for bodies, usually made of stone and located above-ground. Keister states that most sarcophagus tombs in cemeteries are purely ornamental in the sense that they do not actually contain remains, but they look like they could. Lake View Cemetery has a considerable number of sarcophagus tombs.
I first noticed this tomb type when I photographed the Wetmores’ monuments on a snowy December day.
There are specific names for certain kinds of sarcophagus tombs that I’ll write about in the future.
A Grave Concern 