Glover Mausoleum

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The Glover Mausoleum, also called the Glover Vault, is a Greek Revival tomb in Riverside Cemetery, Demopolis, Alabama. It was built between 1841 and 1845 by Mary Anne Glover on land Allen Glover bought in 1831 and left to his daughter Ann Gaines Glover. The mausoleum holds the remains of Allen Glover, his first wife Danny, his second wife Donald, and many descendants. After it was finished in 1845, the estate spent about $2,136.75 on construction, and the bodies were moved there once the vault was complete.

A Gothic Revival cast-iron fence was added around the vault in 1858. In 1882 Ann Glover began selling cemetery lots nearby, turning the site into Riverside Cemetery. The mausoleum was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. It contains 30 burial vaults in total, with 15 on the east side and 15 on the west side, arranged five across and three high on each side. It is a square brick building plastered and scored to look like ashlar, with a surrounding porch supported by three cast-iron columns on each side. The roof is low-pitched and topped by a granite orb and cross.