Stone cabin mausoleum in Garden of Eden (Lucas, Kansas)

Item — Box: MS 014-2-01, Object: MS 014-2-01-0364

Identifier: MS 014- series MS 014-2- item MS 014-2-01-0364

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Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copies of Materials

Dates

1857-1974

Extent

From the Collection: 10 Cubic Feet

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Additional Description

General

Back: Garden of Eden. Lucas, Kansas 67648. This is S. P. Dinsmoor’s stone log cabin mausoleum. Inside is a room 7 x 10 ft. Two feet above the floor a niche in the wall holds the remains of Dinsmoor in his cement coffin with plate glass covering the entire front. Below is the body of his first wife in a steel vault entirely cemented over on all sides.