A good view of the Dexter mausoleum's symmetrical flying butteresses. These are the only such kind in the Cincinnati area. The marble interior contains a vault with twelve catacombs on the lower level and a chapel above measuring twelve feet by thirty feet with a thirty-four foot ceiling. Originally it was meant to have an elevator.

Charles W. West: Founder of the Cincinnati Art Museum.
A life sized seated portrait sculpture of West is supported by a base with bas-reliefs of four caryatides respesting music, art, literature, and sculpture.

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