Designing a Mausoleum Floor Plan: Blueprints for Monuments

Before you work with designers to create a mausoleum floor plan for your custom mausoleum, you might want to learn about this unique type of final resting place. Here are some answers to FAQs about mausoleums.

FAQs About Your Mausoleum Floor Plan

You may face this project with a bit of trepidation. However, once you begin thinking about your mausoleum design, you may be excited about the task. After all, private mausoleums reflect an individual, couple, or family’s personality, history, interests, beliefs, and contributions. The self-analysis and reflection involved in the design process can be very rewarding.

Here are questions some ask us about mausoleum floor plans.

What are the parts of a mausoleum called?

It’s helpful to learn about the basic parts of a mausoleum before considering the structure’s design and attempting to put together a mausoleum floor plan.

• Vestibule: The vestibule describes the space in the mausoleum for the living. A walk-in mausoleum gives visitors room to reflect, meditate, or pray while visiting the remains of their loved ones. They are comfortable, well-lit places.
• Crypts: A mausoleum crypt is a resting place for the casketed remains of family members. There are several types of crypts: a single crypt, side-by-side, “end-to-end,” and “family” or multiple crypts.
• Columbarium: A columbarium “niche” holds the urned or cremated remains of the deceased.

As you consider the design of your mausoleum, you may wonder how many remains the structure will hold. The number depends on the size of the building and whether the remains are in caskets or urns.

What options do you have when designing private mausoleum floor plans?

You have almost unlimited options when designing a custom mausoleum. That’s one of the reasons this project may have been attractive to you in the first place.

You may wish to build your mausoleum or private property. You may want distinct decorative engravings on the exterior of the walls or particular trees or plants to be used in the landscaping.

Private mausoleum design certainly takes time and resources – much more than a traditional burial or entombment in a garden mausoleum at a local cemetery. However, the experienced team at Forever Legacy is ready to walk you through the process.

What are common mausoleum styles?

During the mausoleum design planning process, our team will help you select a style that matches your tastes and aesthetics. Here are some common styles of mausoleums:

• Baroque
• Classical
• Egyptian
• Gothic
• Modern
• Open-air
• Tumulus

You may need to find out which of these styles appeals to you, or you may have a particular style in mind.

Tips for Those Interested in the Construction of a Private Mausoleum

The design of a custom mausoleum takes time – but it’s worth it.

One of the main benefits of building a private mausoleum is that you can customize the design and landscaping.

The mausoleum experts at Forever Legacy will walk you through the entire process. Contact Forever Legacy to schedule a free initial consultation.

Belinda McLeod

Belinda McLeod has a degree in Secondary Education, specializing in English and Journalism. She began her career as a freelance writer in 2018 since a flexible schedule would allow her to help care for an aging parent. Since then, Belinda has specialized in writing for the funeral industry. Belinda has written for Cake, a funeral-planning website, nursing homes, mausoleum companies, cremation companies, and funeral homes.