Cawley and Peoples Mortuary Museum
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408 Front Street
Marietta, OH 45750
Phone: 740-373-1111
Open to the public: Yes
https://www.cawleyandpeoples.com/pe...
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PANICd#: 50006
Private museum with a collection of horse-drawn and motorized hearses, plus other funeral artifacts.
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Collection of William "Bill" Peoples, current owner and a funeral director at Cawley & Peoples Funeral Home. What started as a place to store and display his collection of antique cars—hearses in particular—has grown over the years into a museum that includes clothing, caskets, and other grisly tools from the history of the funeral industry.
The star of the museum, however, is a fully restored, 1927 Henney hearse, dubbed "Miss Henney." The unique car was featured in Woody Allen's Radio Days, Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs, and most recently Get Low, where it starred alongside Bill Murray, Robert Duvall, and Sissy Spacek.
Added by: sdonley on 03/26/2025
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| Peoples Mortuary Museum displays vintage hearses and grisly tools in the garage of a funeral home
Added: 07/27/2022 By: sdonley |
In picturesque Marietta, Ohio, just a few blocks from the Ohio River and the Ohio-West Virginia border, two historic Greek-revival houses are connected by a chapel. |
| Cawley and Peoples Mortuary Museum
Added: 07/27/2022 By: sdonley |
It's not "People's" as in "We the People;" it's "Peoples" as in Bill Peoples, who owns the collection. The museum is housed in the former hearse garage of a working mortuary, which has been in Marietta since 1898. |
| Cawley & Peoples Funeral Home
Added: 07/27/2022 By: sdonley |
Exploring some of the history of our profession can shed a different light on what we do. Just ask any of us, we'll be pleased to give you a tour of our museum. |
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