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Austin Allen Mausoleum at Mount Hope Cemetery
Architect Austin Allen’s circa-1917 Egyptian Revival family mausoleum, distinguished by bronze doors, symbolic stonework, and Egyptian art glass.
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Fairview Cemetery & Julius Fischer Tombstone
Joplin’s first municipal cemetery and the resting place of civic leader Julius Fischer, whose 1890 county-clerk race became part of women’s political history.
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