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The tomb of Edward J. Berwind (1848-1936), modeled on the Tower of the Winds, Athens. Berwind attended the U.S. Naval Academy and served until 1875. He then entered the coal business. He and his brother Charles acquired coal mines in Pennsylvania,…

Plate from Stuart and Revett's The Antiquities of Athens (1762) showing a reconstruction of the Tower of the Winds.

The Tower of the Winds, named from the sculptured reliefs of wind-god that make up a frieze marking the cardinal directions on its eight sides, is located in the Roman Agora in Athens. The tower included a combination of sundials, a water clock, and…

General view of part of West Laurel Hill Cemetery showing different neoclassical styles in funerary monuments

General view of neoclassical mausolea in West Laurel Hill Cemetery

Ionic columns, capitals, architrave