Mausoleum Years
In 1912, Mr. Lovell was approached to design a mausoleum for Rosehill Cemetery at 5800 North Ravenswood in Chicago. He was asked to design a building that would show security and permanency for the entombed 'loved ones.' A few of the Chicago businessmen that purchased crypt space in the newly built mausoleum were: John G. Shedd, president of Marshall Field & Co., A. Montgomery Ward of Montgomery Ward & Co., and many other Chicago area businessmen. With the success of the Rosehill Mausoleum, he stopped designing theaters and started exclusively designing mausoleums. In 1917, he applied for and was granted a patent for a ventilation system to be use in mausoleum construction. A trade magazine, The American Cemetery magazine, March 1931, featured an article titled, "The Work of Lovell and Lovell Architects." The article stated that, Lovell & Lovell was in a class of architecture that has provided services to fifteen states in the Union, with the result being that they have designed forty-three of the finest, largest and most successful mausoleums to be found anywhere. He died in Racine, Wisconsin in August 6, 1938 and was laid to rest in the Rosehill Mausoleum in Chicago, the first mausoleum that he had designed in 1912.
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