I like your videos. One problem (beyond vandalism) is that many of the builders of these mausoleums never thought that their families might move away from the area; go broke; or worse, just die out. So often no one is caring for these structures any longer.
YESSSSSSSSSS,,, I loved this 1. was epic, Cant wait for your next video,, I think one of your best yet,, Fab history, glorious mausoleums, Mausoleums are my absolute favourite, Thank you
Always interesting seeing these crypts and even more so seeing inside. I cannot imagine the cost of some of these back then. The craftsmanship is awesome!
Enjoy your channel, most people are simply placed in the grave and forgotten. Channels such as yours and Lamont at Large bring back the stories and lives of persons long forgotten. There is a certain curiosity about what their lives encompassed. Godspeed with your work.
Sorry for a 3rd posting (I really should wait for the end before posting). Clorinda Cuneo unfortunately passed hemophilia to her sons by A.P. Giannini. When Charles Fair died his sisters Theresa (not the one interred here) and Virginia got all of their father's Comstock Lode money; didn't want to stay in California; and so built the Fairmont Hotel rather than the mansion their father planned.
The level of vandalism and theft are nasty but the lack of cleaning and maintenance are another. You can really see how exposure rots the interior marble sheets. The will end up like that boarded up one you showed the interior of a few vids ago.
2nd comment: The McGuire mausoleum looks to be headed for destruction. Those plants growing out of it are going to allow lots of moisture eat away at the mortar and push the bricks apart as they grow.
The Fair Mausoleum is James Graham Fair 1831-1894 he was a US Senator & one of the men involved in the Comstock Load, his ex wife Theresa Rooney Fair 1838-1891, their son’s James Jr. and Charles Lewis, and Charles wife Caroline. James & Theresa’s Daughters were Theresa Fair who married Herman Oelrichs & built the famous Rosecliff Mansion in Newport. And Virginia Fair who married William Kissam Vanderbilt II.
It seems to me that the following generations of the families in these private mausoleums, would maintain them. It's such a shame that these beautiful works of architecture are falling into such disrepair.
The Hickey Mausoleum contains James Aloysius Harden-Hickey 1854-1898 Writer, Aristocrat, Adventurer, James the First of Trinidad, and Baron of the Holy Roman Empire. James Aloysius Hickey was in San Francisco on December 8, 1854, to avoid the violent city still in the madness of the gold rush, James mother took the family to live in Paris, which was then an Empire under the rule of Napoleon III. As a child, James was fascinated with the French court, He entered the French military academy, Saint-Cyr, at 19. In 1875, he graduated with high marks. Shortly thereafter, his father died. Three years later, Harden-Hickey married the Countess de Saint-Pery and fathered two children. By then he had mastered French, was accounted a master swordsman and began writing novels. James Harden-Hickey divorced his first wife and renounced Catholicism, he took the opportunity to travel around the world, staying a year in India. He returned to Paris and met Annie Harper Flagler, daughter of John Haldane Flagler, traveling to Tibet before his marriage, his crew made a stop in the South Atlantic. Harden-Hickey noticed that the tiny island of Trinidad in the South Atlantic Ocean had never been claimed by any country and was, legally, "res nullius". He claimed the island and proclaimed himself James I, Prince of Trinidad. He wanted an independent state with himself as military dictator, and later in 1893, he got just that. James and Annie were married at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York on March 17 (St. Patrick's Day), 1891. He lived with and off the Flagler's in New York for two years. Trinidad was seized by Great Britain in 1895 and James I was forced to surrender it to them, leaving him with only a homemade crown, and a schooner. Over the next two years, Harden-Hickey fell into deep depression. James I, Prince of Trinidad, Baron of the Holy Roman Empire, took an overdose of morphine on February 9, 1898, in an El Paso, Texas hotel, when he could not sell his Mexican ranch that he acquired while living with the Flagler's. Found among his effects were a suicide note to his wife and his memorabilia from his glory days with him, including his hand-made crown. His body was shipped back to San Francisco, and his mother had him placed in the Hickey Family Mausoleum.
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Feel bad for old families. Beautiful...first one reminds me of a planeterium.
I like your videos. One problem (beyond vandalism) is that many of the builders of these mausoleums never thought that their families might move away from the area; go broke; or worse, just die out. So often no one is caring for these structures any longer.
Nothing is permanent. I don't want to have this shell take up space. But your vlog is so.well done. Cheers
YESSSSSSSSSS,,, I loved this 1. was epic, Cant wait for your next video,, I think one of your best yet,, Fab history, glorious mausoleums, Mausoleums are my absolute favourite, Thank you
Always interesting seeing these crypts and even more so seeing inside. I cannot imagine the cost of some of these back then. The craftsmanship is awesome!
First time watching very amazing thank you.
Awesome! I always love the tours👍!
Enjoy your channel, most people are simply placed in the grave and forgotten. Channels such as yours and Lamont at Large bring back the stories and lives of persons long forgotten. There is a certain curiosity about what their lives encompassed. Godspeed with your work.
I just tuned into your channel and i love it i love old cemetaries
Thank You Karen!
Beautiful! Thanks
I love the way you say "What is Going On Everybody?" Your videos are awesome!! Thanks for sharing your exploring with us!! You're Great 👍!!
Thank you ❤️
for a laugh on the front door on the crypt should have put a door bell
Heart Breaking about the vandalism 💔😢
Sorry for a 3rd posting (I really should wait for the end before posting). Clorinda Cuneo unfortunately passed hemophilia to her sons by A.P. Giannini. When Charles Fair died his sisters Theresa (not the one interred here) and Virginia got all of their father's Comstock Lode money; didn't want to stay in California; and so built the Fairmont Hotel rather than the mansion their father planned.
The level of vandalism and theft are nasty but the lack of cleaning and maintenance are another. You can really see how exposure rots the interior marble sheets. The will end up like that boarded up one you showed the interior of a few vids ago.
2nd comment: The McGuire mausoleum looks to be headed for destruction. Those plants growing out of it are going to allow lots of moisture eat away at the mortar and push the bricks apart as they grow.
If I had a shot of bourbon every time you said “unfortunately” I’d be having a very nice, mellow day! But I probably wouldn’t remember any of it haha
Drinking game? Hmmm haha yeah I know I have certain words I use a lot without realizing it at the time 😂 LOL
Awesome
thanks
The Fair Mausoleum is James Graham Fair 1831-1894 he was a US Senator & one of the men involved in the Comstock Load, his ex wife Theresa Rooney Fair 1838-1891, their son’s James Jr. and Charles Lewis, and Charles wife Caroline.
James & Theresa’s Daughters were Theresa Fair who married Herman Oelrichs & built the famous Rosecliff Mansion in Newport. And Virginia Fair who married William Kissam Vanderbilt II.
17:58 with the tiled floor and drain, I wonder if this feature was originally a reflecting pool.
Very well could have been. 👍
Nice tour.. 👍👍
Love ur vlogs
Nice video
So sad we live in a world where people don't respect the dead and their resting places..
Have you been to the old Sacramento City cemetery?
Like it
All we are is dust in the wind. 🤔
It seems to me that the following generations of the families in these private mausoleums, would maintain them. It's such a shame that these beautiful works of architecture are falling into such disrepair.
08:12 the eyes on the old man are looking right at you...creepy
Hmmmm gotta go back and look
There swan point cemetery in Providence RI
The Hickey Mausoleum contains James Aloysius Harden-Hickey 1854-1898
Writer, Aristocrat, Adventurer, James the First of Trinidad, and Baron of the Holy Roman Empire. James Aloysius Hickey was in San Francisco on December 8, 1854, to avoid the violent city still in the madness of the gold rush, James mother took the family to live in Paris, which was then an Empire under the rule of Napoleon III. As a child, James was fascinated with the French court, He entered the French military academy, Saint-Cyr, at 19. In 1875, he graduated with high marks. Shortly thereafter, his father died. Three years later, Harden-Hickey married the Countess de Saint-Pery and fathered two children. By then he had mastered French, was accounted a master swordsman and began writing novels. James Harden-Hickey divorced his first wife and renounced Catholicism, he took the opportunity to travel around the world, staying a year in India. He returned to Paris and met Annie Harper Flagler, daughter of John Haldane Flagler, traveling to Tibet before his marriage, his crew made a stop in the South Atlantic. Harden-Hickey noticed that the tiny island of Trinidad in the South Atlantic Ocean had never been claimed by any country and was, legally, "res nullius". He claimed the island and proclaimed himself James I, Prince of Trinidad. He wanted an independent state with himself as military dictator, and later in 1893, he got just that. James and Annie were married at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York on March 17 (St. Patrick's Day), 1891. He lived with and off the Flagler's in New York for two years. Trinidad was seized by Great Britain in 1895 and James I was forced to surrender it to them, leaving him with only a homemade crown, and a schooner. Over the next two years, Harden-Hickey fell into deep depression. James I, Prince of Trinidad, Baron of the Holy Roman Empire, took an overdose of morphine on February 9, 1898, in an El Paso, Texas hotel, when he could not sell his Mexican ranch that he acquired while living with the Flagler's. Found among his effects were a suicide note to his wife and his memorabilia from his glory days with him, including his hand-made crown. His body was shipped back to San Francisco, and his mother had him placed in the Hickey Family Mausoleum.
Wm. is short for William
Three types of vandalism I don't like churches cemeteries in my house
Thanks for sharing🪦🪦🪦