Elmwood Cemetary is the oldest continuously operating, non-denominational cemetery in Detroit. The cemetery was established in 1846 and incorporated in 1849 as a non-profit corporation by an act of the Michigan Legislature. Founded by some of early Detroit’s leading citizens, Elmwood quickly expanded from its original 42 acres to its current size of 86 acres and became the final resting-place of tycoon and laborer alike. Many of St. Paul’s members, or in this case an artist associated with St. Paul’s are buried there and I always enjoy researching the family when a familiar name is spotted.
Julius Rolshoven
This photo shows a portion of the very dark painting hanging on the wall in the north ambulatory. The painting is called “Lower Church of Assisi “painted 1900-1904 by Detroit painter Julius Rolshoven. It was given by Mrs. E. T. Barbour who had also loaned it to the Art Institute of Chicago for an exhibit of the artist’s work in 1905. (it is said that he painted portraits of Detroit’s most beautiful women, including Mrs. Barbour, a long time member of St. Paul’s)
BIRTH Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
DEATH 7 Dec 1930 (aged 72)
Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA
BURIAL
Elmwood Cemetery
Sources
Bulletin of The Detroit Museum of Art , October 1907 pg. 4 Illustration Page 5
http://www.dalnet.lib.mi.us/dia/collections/dma_bulletins/1-15.pdf
