Philanthropist, Art Collector. Wife of railroad tycoon Henry Huntington. The Mausoleum of Henry Huntington and his wife Arabella is considered to be the model for the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. John Russell Pope designed the Mausoleum before he won the commission that made him famous. Henry intended the Mausoleum to be a Greek temple, erected on the spot Arabella chose for her gravesite. The Mausoleum is made of Colorado Yule marble, and its circular peristyle has four bas-relief sculptures with literary quotes alluding to the four seasons. Surrounded by orange groves, the Mausoleum was completed in 1929, two years after Henry's death and five years after Arabella died.
Philanthropist, Art Collector. Wife of railroad tycoon Henry Huntington. The Mausoleum of Henry Huntington and his wife Arabella is considered to be the model for the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. John Russell Pope designed the Mausoleum before he won the commission that made him famous. Henry intended the Mausoleum to be a Greek temple, erected on the spot Arabella chose for her gravesite. The Mausoleum is made of Colorado Yule marble, and its circular peristyle has four bas-relief sculptures with literary quotes alluding to the four seasons. Surrounded by orange groves, the Mausoleum was completed in 1929, two years after Henry's death and five years after Arabella died.
Inscription
shared monument:
HENRY EDWARDS HUNTINGTON
BORN AT ONEONTA NY FEBRUARY TWENTY SEVENTH EIGHTEEN
HUNDRED AND FIFTY DIED AT PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA
MAY TWENTY THIRD NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY SEVEN
AND ARABELLA DUVAL HUNTINGTON HIS WIFE
BORN AT UNION SPRINGS ALABAMA JUNE FIRST EIGHTEEN
HUNDRED AND FIFTY DIED AT NEW YORK NY SEPTEMBER
SIXTEENTH NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR
Family Members
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Richard M. Yarrington
1807–1859
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Catherine J. Yarrington
1819–1888
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John Archer Worsham
1821–1878 (m. 1868)
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Collis Potter Huntington
1821–1900 (m. 1884)
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Henry Edwards Huntington
1850–1927 (m. 1913)
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Alfred Minnock Yarrington
1847–1855
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Emma Yarrington Warnkin
1848–1918
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Richard Milton Yarrington
1852–1941
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Eliza Page Yarrington Hillhouse
1852–1902
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John Duvall Yarrington
1856–1922
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Archer Milton Worsham-Huntington
1870–1955
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Records on Ancestry
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Arabella Duval “Belle” Yarrington Huntington
Geneanet Community Trees Index
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Arabella Duval “Belle” Yarrington Huntington
1880 United States Federal Census
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Arabella Duval “Belle” Yarrington Huntington
New York, U.S., Episcopal Diocese of New York Church Records, 1767-1970
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Arabella Duval “Belle” Yarrington Huntington
North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
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Arabella Duval “Belle” Yarrington Huntington
Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981
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