Beecher Mausoleum Beecher Vicinity, Illinois
National Register of Historic Places Data
Beecher Mausoleum has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places with the following information, which has been imported from the National Register database and/or the Nomination Form . Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- National Register ID
- 13000714
- Date Listed
- September 18, 2013
- Name
- Beecher Mausoleum
- Part of
- N/A (Multiple Property Submission)
- Address
- Jct. of IL 1 & Horner Ln.
- City/Town
- Beecher
- County
- Will
- State
- Illinois
- Category
- building
- Level of Sig.
- local
- Areas of Sig.
- ARCHITECTURE; TRANSPORTATION; EDUCATION
Description
Text courtesy of the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Parks Service. Minor transcription errors or changes in formatting may have occurred; please see the Nomination Form PDF for official text. Some information may have become outdated since the property was nominated for the Register.
The Beecher Mausoleum is eligible for the National Register under Criteria A and C. It is eligible under Criterion A because of the community's embrace of a burial method not previously practiced in the United States. This represents a shift in cultural and social norms and is significant under social history. The mausoleum is also eligible under Criterion C because of its high level of architectural craftsmanship and engineering. Criteria Consideration C is marked due to the building's use as a community mausoleum in which the remains of people are placed in crypts, though technically not graves in the traditional practice of burial.
