The Tacoma Mausoleum is a
mausoleum
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 mausoleum may be consid ...
in
Tacoma, Washington
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,
United States
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. Built in 1910, the mausoleum was the first such structure in the U.S. to be built west of the
Mississippi River
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. The building was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 2000.
In 1918, the mausoleum was sued by David Rea and his wife, who claimed that the existence of a mausoleum near homes constituted a nuisance. They were suing in an attempt to prevent the already built mausoleum from adding further structures on its premises, but the
Washington Supreme Court
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Washington commonly refers to:
* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the ...
ruled against them.
[WSSC, p. 430]
References
Sources
* Reiter, Darlyne A. (2007). ''South Tacoma'', Arcadia Publishing.
* Washington Supreme Court (1919). ''Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of Washington'', Bancroft-Whitney Co.
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National Register of Historic Places in Tacoma, Washington
Neoclassical architecture in Washington (state)
Buildings and structures completed in 1910
Buildings and structures in Tacoma, Washington
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Mausoleums on the National Register of Historic Places