Mount Olive Cemetery

The Mount Olive Cemetery, located at 402 E. Quincy, was surveyed and platted in early 1888 by The Pittsburg Cemetery Association, which advertised in The Daily Headlight on June 13, 1888, that burial lots would be put up for sale beginning June 16, 1888, at the office of Carlton & Casad, as agents. The Pittsburg Cemetery Association was organized in 1887, with the first officers being Dr. George W. Williams, president; D. S. Miller, vice-president; Robert E. Carlton, secretary; Con A. Miller, treasurer; and Augustus J. Georgia as assistant secretary. It was chartered so that each purchaser of a lot became a stockholder in the cemetery and association. The Mt. Olive Abbey, located in the cemetery, was built in 1926 for about $80,000 by The Superior Mausoleum Company of Columbus, OH, and is constructed of Carthage stone on the exterior and marble on the interior. It has vaults for 500, of which about 125 are occupied. The cemetery has been owned by the city of Pittsburgh since 1992.