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A bi-columnar headstone, which is also called a Gateway headstone, is a headstone with 2 columns that connect to make an arch. They can be anywhere from 2 feet to 20 feet tall. The columns and the arch are referred to as “The Portal to Eternity”. It is commonly used for husband and wife graves. It’s also used for Masonic graves. They usually are made of granite or marble. It is a lot like the quad-columnar headstone. The only main difference is that the quad-columnar has 4 columns instead of 2. The decorations can be very exquisite to pretty plain.

Column Headstones
A column is like an obelisk, except more pillar-like. It is divided into three parts, just like an obelisk. It has a base, a shaft, and a capital, or top. On top of the capital, there will usually be a ball or urn. Columns can be found on family burial sites or the graves of those with high social statuses. The columns can be Egyptian, Roman, or Greek in design.
Ground Level Headstones A ground level headstone is usually flat and less than an inch above the ground. Usually they do not have much information on them.

Pulpit Headstones Pulpit tombstones are also known as slant face. They are usually made of granite or marble. They were commonly used from the 1880’s to 1910, and even to 1930. Often they look like an open book or a small lectern. Sometimes they resemble a bible, and if the bible or book is opened near the beginning, the person died at an early age.
A cross vault obelisk has a square base with tapers going upward. The top of the tombs looks like the top of a church or a house. The lines on the top look as if they would be touching. This is from the Victorian era and was common in the 1800’s. They are usually found on people of high social status. They stand out and are easily noticed.
Tablet Headstones Tablet headstones are tall, wide and nit very thick. The can be straight or curved or have a fancy design. They are usually made of marble, most of the time have a curved top, and are common in the 1880’s-1890. They are often about 28 inches high. Sometimes more than one is put together to signal more than one person has died in one family.
Block markers are tall, wide, and thick, and usually have rounded tops. They are about two feet high and two feet across. They are usually made of granite. They have been used in pioneer times, Victorian times, and are still used today. Block markers come in many different shapes and designs.

Scroll Tombstone A scroll tombstone is a tombstone that looks like a scroll. The scroll can be a single scroll that sits on a block or tombstone. The scroll can also be open. The inscriptions are usually on the part of the tombstone, not the scroll.

Gothic Headstones Gothic headstones are normally about two feet tall, not very thick, and made of marble. They typically have a pointed arch at the top of them, and can sometimes have two arches. They were popular from about 1850 to early 1900s.
Raised Top Tombstone A raised top tombstone would be flat to the ground if it weren’t for the raised top, as the name suggested. However, the raised top is not very raised, only coming about six inches above the ground. The top is generally flat.

Table Tomb Large, flat stone that is supported by legs that resemble pillars (usually six). The top of the stone contains the epitaph.
Chest Tomb aka cadaver tomb, tomb chest Looks like a large chest or trunk. The epitaph is almost always found on the top of the tomb. Although it appears that the tomb could contain a body, most of the time they do not; the body is actually buried.
Coffin Tomb Gravestone that is shaped like a coffin.
Casket Tomb Gravestone that is shaped like a casket.
Parapet Tomb - A single or multiple vault tomb possessing a raised parapet front concealing the roof behind.

Pediment" Tomb - A multiple vault tomb whose height is greater than its width and whose top is surmounted by an integrated front gable end pediment of flat, triangular or segmental design.

Sarcophagus Large tombs that look like they would actually contain a body. However, most of the time the body is actually buried under them.
Exedra Large monuments that are shaped like a long, curved bench. Most also contain statues.
Platform" Tomb - A single or multiple vault tomb whose height is equal to or less than its width.
 

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