Cave Hill Cemetery, Salve-Bullett Mausoleum, Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville

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This mausoleum is one of the four mausolea in Cave Hill Cemetery executed in the High Victorian Gothic style. PART I. HISTORICAL INFORMATION A. Physical History 1. Date of erection: This date is derived from the purchase date (October 4, and the date of the first interment (February 16, Erection during the winter months is attributed to the haste necessitated by the untimely death of Charles Bullett. 2. Architect: Possibly by Henry Whitestone, who is known to have designed the Irvin Mausoleum, which is similar in design and detailing. 3. Original and subsequent owners (occupants): Name Death Date In te rmen t Da te Fanny Salve March 20, reinterred John M. Salve October 24, reinterred Aimee Bullett Jones January 26, January 28, Adele H. Salve July 26, July 28, John M.

Salve March 26, reinterred Charles Bullett October 14, February 16, Matilda Bullett January 9, January 14, Aurelia Salve March 11, reinterred Pauline Salve August 13, reinterred Miss Matilda Bullett May 11, May 13, Dora Harlow Lambert June 14, June 16, Adele Harlow October 29, October 31, Robert J. Bullett June 18, June 20, The lots were purchased from Cave Hill Cemetery on October 4, Builder, contractor, suppliers: Mike Muldoon and Company, SALVE-BULLETT MAUSOLEUM HABS No. (Page 2) B. Historical Context: Charles Bullett (Bullet) was a noted French sculptor. He was born in Laval (Doule), France on December 15, He emigrated to America, arriving in New York City. In he exhibited his work at the National Academy and American Institute in Brooklyn. From through he lived in Cincinnati, Ohio.

In he joined the firm of Mike Muldoon and Company, a monument firm in Louisville, and later became a partner in the firm, directing the firm's European branch. It was in this service that he met his death unexpectedly in Carrara, Italy. Following his death, the mausoleum was constructed in which he was later interred. John M. Salve was a marble and stone cutter in Louisville from until his death in It is probable that his son continued in the same business and thereby established connections with Charles Bullett, PART II. ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION General description: The front elevation is highlighted by a pointed-arch doorway with French doors reminiscent of ecclesiastical Gothic doors, and by flanking columns with French Gothic capitals. A Gothic cross sits atop the roof. PART III.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION A.

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1. Primary and unpublished sources: Records files in Cave Hill Cemetery Office. Letter from Ludie J. Kinkead to Dr Justus Bier dated December 18, and on file at the Filson Club in Louisville. Degree Mason diploma for Charles Bullet, May 22, in possession at the Filson Club, Louisville, Kentucky. 2. Secondary and published sources: Johnston, J. Stoddard. Memorial History of Louisville from its First Settlement to the Year Chicago: American Biographical Publishing Co., City of Louisville Directories Prepared by: David Arbogast National Park Service Architectural Historian August SALVE-BULLETT MAUSOLEUM HABS No. {Page 3) PART IV.

PROJECT INFORMATION The project was undertaken by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) in cooperation with the Preservation Alliance of Louisville and Jefferson County, Inc. Under the direction of John Poppeliers, chief of HABS, the project was completed during the summer of at the HABS Field Office in Louisville by Prof. John Haggard, (Syracuse University), Project Supervisor; David Arbogast (Columbia University), Project Historian; Mary Oehrlein, Project Foreman; Bayer Lee (City College of New York), Architect; and Mary M. Herd (University of Tennessee) and Charles Raith (University of Cincinnati), student assistant architects.

Susan McCown, a HABS staff historian in the Washington, office, edited the written descriptive data in the spring of for transmittal to the Library of Congress. HABS staff photographer Jack E. Boucher took the photographs of the structures in