Mount Mora Cemetery, 824 Mount Mora Rd., St. Joseph, MO is a 20
acre cemetery established in 1851. Redesigned in 1872 by W. Angelo Powell, the commercial
cemetery is an example of the rural garden cemetery movement in landscape architecture. The
20 original acres in the cemetery are surrounded by a stone retaining wall and iron fencing, and
grand wrought iron gates welcome visitors and mourners onto the property.
The streets and pathways are laid out in a curvilinear pattern and provide access to the hundreds of historic
graves and markers. Though an estimated 15,000 people are buried in the cemetery, only
approximately 8,845 have some kind of marker. The grave markers are predominantly
limestone and granite, though marble and metal markers are also common.
The many large trees including cedars, pines, black walnuts on the rolling hills of this old cemetery date to the
1934 landscaping and enhance the cemetery's park-like setting. There are new plantings
around the two war memorials. The property contains 37 contributing resources including the
superintendent's house, barn and workshop, 30 mausoleums, World War I Memorial,
Confederate Civil War Memorial, the entrance gate and retaining wall, and the site itself. The
majority of burials occurred in the cemetery between 1851 and around 1930.
Photo #1 - C.W. Noyes & M. S. Norman monument, looking east
Photo #2 - Goff mausoleum, looking west
Photo #3 - Catlett mausoleum, looking south
Photo #4 - Cemeteryscape in fog, looking east
Photo #5 - Mausoleum Row, looking north
Photo #6 - Road leading to Judson, Catlett, & Collins mausoleums
Photo #7 - Superintendent's house, looking west
Photo #8 - Cemetery gates, looking north
Photo #9 - Geiger mausoleum, looking east
Photo #10 - Kirschner family plot with angels, looking west
Photo #11 - Donnell monument, looking west
Photo #12 - Mausoleum Row - circa 1926, looking north
Photo #13 - The Krug Masoleum
Photo #20 - Map of Mount Mora roads
Photo #21 - St Joseph News Press photo/article
Photo #22 - WW I Memorial Statue
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