• Once thought of as only for the wealthy and famous – now affordable to all.
• Famous examples: Pyramids, West Minister Abbey, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
• A high, clean, and dry above ground building designed for the memorialization and entombment of casketed human remains.

Types of Mausoleum

• Garden or patio
• Chapel – closed in with an interior chapel

Types of Crypts

• Side-by-side or tandem – end faces front for each unit with one joint panel for memorialization or individual panels for memorialization
• End to end – one end faces front with memorialization for two
• Couch – length faces front with memorialization

Niches (Columbarium)

• Single – for one urn
• Double – for one double urn
• Glass front – for one or two urns