John J. Bradley Mausoleum
Year: 2018
Type: Research and documentation
Faculty Advisors: Andrew Dolkart, Claudia Kavenaugh, Kim Yao
Woodlawn Cemetery is located in the south-east area of The Bronx borough. It was recognized as a significant burial place in New York City from its foundation during the last decades of the nineteenth century. Over the years, its curated landscape became home to a variety of mausoleums and memorials portraying a particular period in the social history and architectural development of New York.
John J. Bradley’s Mausoleum sits on 11024 Plot at Chestnut Hill Section inside the cemetery. Its emplacement is in the central lot of a six circular lot-group. Its construction responded to the request of May Kelly in 1903 for her husband’s burial with a design undertaken by the prestigious firm C.E Tayntor Company. However, in 1934 the property was transferred to John Bradley, which resulted in a renovation of the monument for accommodating the new requirements for Bradley’s family. The permanence of the memorial inside the cemetery echoes the natural pass of time, noticeable in its material deterioration. However, this situation had allowed the mausoleum to mimic itself with the Woodlawn natural scenery over the years.
The intention of this exercise undertook the idea of speculating into the complex history behind one mausoleum inside Woodlawn Cemetery through archival research. Besides, the idea was to understand its construction and building materials based on digital and archival measured drawings and site photographs.
Year: 2018
Type: Research and documentation
Faculty Advisors: Andrew Dolkart, Claudia Kavenaugh, Kim Yao
Woodlawn Cemetery is located in the south-east area of The Bronx borough. It was recognized as a significant burial place in New York City from its foundation during the last decades of the nineteenth century. Over the years, its curated landscape became home to a variety of mausoleums and memorials portraying a particular period in the social history and architectural development of New York.
John J. Bradley’s Mausoleum sits on 11024 Plot at Chestnut Hill Section inside the cemetery. Its emplacement is in the central lot of a six circular lot-group. Its construction responded to the request of May Kelly in 1903 for her husband’s burial with a design undertaken by the prestigious firm C.E Tayntor Company. However, in 1934 the property was transferred to John Bradley, which resulted in a renovation of the monument for accommodating the new requirements for Bradley’s family. The permanence of the memorial inside the cemetery echoes the natural pass of time, noticeable in its material deterioration. However, this situation had allowed the mausoleum to mimic itself with the Woodlawn natural scenery over the years.
The intention of this exercise undertook the idea of speculating into the complex history behind one mausoleum inside Woodlawn Cemetery through archival research. Besides, the idea was to understand its construction and building materials based on digital and archival measured drawings and site photographs.
