Blue Sky Mausoleum
Blue Sky Mausoleum, in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, New York, is the 2004 completion of a 1928 design by Frank Lloyd Wright as a commercial cemetery project.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cemetery
- Description: Open-air monument designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in Buffalo, NY
- Also known as: “Blue-Sky Mausoleum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Delavan/Canisius University station and Humboldt–Hospital station.
Delavan/Canisius University station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Delavan/Canisius University is a Buffalo Metro Rail station located at the northeast corner of Main Street and East Delavan Avenue and is known as having one of the longest escalators set up in the country. Delavan/Canisius University station is situated 1,500 feet east of Blue Sky Mausoleum.
Humboldt–Hospital station
Railway station
Photo: Zantastik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Humboldt–Hospital is a Buffalo Metro Rail station located at the western terminus of Kensington Avenue and Main Street and is the only station with entrances on both sides of the Main Street for passengers to enter and exit from. Humboldt–Hospital station is situated 3,400 feet northeast of Blue Sky Mausoleum.
Sisters of Charity Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sisters of Charity Hospital is a general medical and surgical hospital founded in 1848 by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, and the oldest hospital in Buffalo, New York. Sisters of Charity Hospital is situated 1 mile northeast of Blue Sky Mausoleum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elmwood Village and Allentown and the Delaware District.
Elmwood Village
Photo: AndreCarrotflower, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Allentown and the Delaware District
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Allentown and the Delaware District are two neighborhoods in Buffalo that are adjacent to each other and north of downtown. These two areas are among the most desirable neighborhoods in the city today, and, much more than most other areas of Buffalo, were able to retain their charm, affluence, and safety throughout Buffalo's dark days from the 1960s to the turn of the millennium.
Blue Sky Mausoleum
- Categories: mausoleum and burial
- Location: Buffalo, Erie County, Niagara Frontier, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.92299° or 42° 55′ 23″ northLongitude
-78.86257° or 78° 51′ 45″ westOpen location code
87J3W4FP+5XOpenStreetMap ID
way 542183885OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q4929869
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Egyptian Arabic—“Blue Sky Mausoleum” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “藍天陵墓”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ضريح بلو سكاى”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Blue Sky Mausoleum”. Photo: Davepape, Public domain.