St. John 10:10 - Brown Mausoleum - St. Louis, MO
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N 38° 41.283 W 090° 13.483
15S E 741389 N 4285816
Founder of Brown Shoe Company, still today one of the larges in the world. Creator of the "Buster Brown Shoe" Line. We all remember the commercials "Hi! I'm Buster Brown, I live in a shoe, That's my dog Tige - he lives there too!"
Waymark Code: WM15ND9
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 01/27/2022
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
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County of structure: St. Louis Independent City
Location of mausoleum: Inside at Prospect & Woodbine; 4947 W. Florissant Ave., St. Louis
Built: 1899
Architect: Mauran, Russell & Crowell,
Architectural Style: Hexagon Structure

A couple of quotes here, The St. John one is most prominent:

Quote: "I am come that they might have Life, and that they might have it more abundantly." St. John 10:10

The chapter from 7 thru 14:
7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine." ~ St. John Cappter 10, KJV


Another quote is: "Eternal life is a relationship with GOD practical and glorious which we enter when we believe and which stretches out into the limitless years"
This quote is unattributed, and I cannot find a source


Third quote is on the outside above the door: "God has given us eternal life" Unattributed on the wall, but this is from St. John 5:11
"And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son." John 5:11



"3. George Warren Brown, shoe manufacturer
Architect: Mauran, Russell & Crowell, architectural firm
Built: 1928
Granite. Hexagonal tomb with stacked flat hexagonal roof. Paired bronze doors set within nearly flush entry bay. Small copper bulls eye modillions in cornice." ~ NRHP Nomination Form


"George Warren Brown made his fortune as a manufacturer of shoes. The hexagonal mausoleum was designed in 1928 by Mauran, Russell and Crowell, St. Louis architects. Opposite is the circular mausoleum of A.D. Brown, older brother of George. He was an early president of Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company which he helped organize. His tomb was designed in 1910 by Isaac Taylor, another St. Louis architect." ~ Bellefontaine Cemetery


"Brown, George Warren
Profession: Business Person, Manufacturer
Born: Mar. 21, 1853 - Granville, Washington County, New York
Died: Dec. 13, 1921 - Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
Description: George Warren Brown was born in Granville, NY in 1853. He moved to St. Louis to work as a shipping clerk at Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company, where his brother Alanson was president and partner. In 1878 Brown set out on his own and organized Bryan, Brown, and Company. The business started meagerly with only five shoemakers and little capital. Gradually, the business grew to over 6,000 employees and its name was changed to Brown Shoe Company. Its Buster Brown label became a trademark for children’s shoes.

"George Brown married Betty Bofinger in 1885 and they had one adopted son. The George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University is named after him." ~ Mound City on the Mississippi

Address:
Woodbine & Prospect inside cemetery

Cemetery address:
4947 W Florissant Ave, St. Louis, MO 63115



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