Title: Graveyard Concrete

Author(s): Billie G. Snell and Debby L. Amon

Publication: Concrete International

Volume: 28

Issue: 3

Appears on pages(s): 66-67

Keywords: cement plaster; cemetery; history; New Orleans

Date: 3/1/2006

Abstract:
Designed in the tradition of European cemeteries, St. Louis No. 1 cemetery in New Orleans resembles a miniature French city. Most of the crypts and mausoleums in New Orleans are constructed of brick covered with a cement plaster, including one of the most famous crypts—that of the notorious Voodoo Queen, Marie Laveau.