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| Adams Memorial |
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Adams Memorial |
Address: Rock Creek Church Road and Webster Street, NW, Section E
Artist: Augustus Saint-Gaudens
DC Registry: 1964
National Registry: 1972
Metro: Brookland-CUA to H8 Metrobus toward Mt. Pleasant
Augustus Saint-Gaudens, the leading American sculptor of the late nineteenth century, was asked by Henry Adams to create a memorial to his wife Marian, who committed suicide in 1885.
In the park-like setting of Rock Creek Cemetery, you'll find many notable mausoleums and funeral sculpture. Adams Memorial is the most well known. Commonly, but mistakenly called “Grief,” St. Gaudens and Stanford White created a contemplative memorial to Adams' wife, Marian Hooper “Clover" Adams. The sculptor had called it The Mystery of the Hereafter and The Peace of God that Passeth Understanding.
Other noteworthy memorials include the Frederic Keep Monument, the Heurich Mausoleum, the Hitt Monument, the Hardon Monument, the Kauffman Monument, known as The Seven Ages of Memory, the Sherwood Mausoleum Door, and the Thompson-Harding Monument.
A map of the cemetery grounds is available at the cemetery office adjacent to the main gate.