The Trident
A New Standard in Columbarium Design
Columbarium USA Inc. proudly presents The Trident — a bold, elegant, and fully customizable columbarium with an ossuary designed for cemeteries, memorial parks, churches, and institutions across the United States.
This innovative triadic curved niche wall blends a customized columbarium design with practical cremation interment functionality, making it the perfect solution for communities looking to expand cremation memorial options with dignity and long-term value.
Architectural Excellence Meets
Cremation Planning
Key Design Highlights:
- 120 cremation niches
- Custom niche wall sizes available
- Interior niche size (12” x 12” x 16” D)
- Custom niche sizes available
- Segretto Ossuary added within the center (accessible via a designated niche)
- Ossuary is optional
- Powder-coated aluminum interiors to prevent metal urns from fusing to the niche
- Nylene niche core available
- Crafted from contrasting black and grey granite for a modern aesthetic
- Custom niche colors available
Premium Materials for Long-Term Durability
The Trident columbarium is constructed using premium-grade granite, selected for its strength, beauty, and resilience. Designed to endure the elements with minimal maintenance, the Trident offers both elegance and long-term reliability.
- Custom Granite Endwalls
Choose from a range of granite colors to match your aesthetic and memorial setting. - Custom Granite Niche Fronts
Understated and refined, the granite niche shutters can be customized to meet any niche size desired and any granite color to complement the setting. - Engineered for All Climates
The granite and interior niche cores are resistant to freeze-thaw cycles and harsh weather conditions, ensuring structural integrity over time. - Multiple Granite Finishes Available
Select from polished, honed, sawn, or flamed finishes to achieve the desired look and texture.
Designed With Purpose: Spacious, Safe, and Scalable
Each cremation niche is deep enough to accommodate two upright urns, offering families a companion interment option. The powder-coated niche interiors also prevent metal urns from fusing to the niche interior over time — an essential feature to allow for companion urns to be repositioned further back when needed.
Need more space? The Trident’s modular design can be expanded in height or length, with additional niche rows or architectural elements. Custom niche sizes are also available.
The Segretto Ossuary: A Hidden Core for Communal Cremation Remains
Built into the heart of The Trident is the Segretto Ossuary, a secure, concealed space designed for communal cremation interments. The word Segretto means “secret” in Italian — fitting for this beautifully integrated, unseen feature.
- Offers a lower-cost cremation interment option
- Secure access via a designated niche compartment
- Honors remains with dignity and reverence
- Ideal for churches, veteran memorials, or community interments
Memorial Wall for Names & Legacy
Adjacent to The Trident is a custom Memorial Wall, constructed from matching granite. It serves as a record of namesfor individuals interred in the ossuary or elsewhere on-site. This feature offers an additional revenue stream for cemetery managers while enhancing the emotional impact of the space. If preferred, we can also design a custom memorial wall that seamlessly aligns with your landscape’s aesthetic.
Optional Ossuary Memorialization
The Trident’s endwalls can also accommodate ossuary memorialization, with options for on-site inscriptions or carved memorial plaque inserts, offering a respectful and lasting tribute
Why Choose The Trident for Your Cemetery, Church, or Institution?
The Trident isn’t just a structure — it’s a cremation memorial solution that delivers:
- Innovative Triangular Design
- Curved Architecturally Dynamic Columbarium Niche walls
- Customizable Niche Configurations
- Hidden Segretto Ossuary
- Companion niche interment options
- Minimal maintenance
- Aesthetic harmony with any landscape
- Engineered longevity
The Trident Customization Options to Fit Your Design Needs
Our engineering expertise enables us to customize any Trident columbarium to meet the specific needs of clients across the country. We tailor each design to fit your unique space, style, and budget.
Customize:
- Niche count
- Niche wall configuration
- Radius of the 3 curved walls
- Roofline (flat, sloped, support for statuary)
- Granite color
- Granite finishes (polished, honed, flamed, sawn, rock pitched, carved endwalls)
- Decorative artwork or bronze reliefs
- Ossuary and memorial plaque integration
Every Trident is manufactured to order with over 30 years of manufacturing experience behind it in Canada and USA. Columbarium USA is a subsidiary of Sunset Memorial & Stone.
