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At the time, it was the largest cemetery in California. [2] The first interments were conducted in July 1896. [3] Drawings of Chapel and Receiving Vaults (top) and Main entrance (bottom), published in 1896 [3] A branch line of the San Francisco and San Mateo Electric Railway was completed for Mount Olivet in 1898. [2]
Noble was a Civil War veteran who moved to California in 1865 and was a member of the San Francisco Stock Exchange prior to founding Cypress Lawn. [2]: 15 On March 9, 1892, Noble was granted a permit to establish a non-sectarian cemetery [3] and plans for Cypress Lawn were made public as work had begun on a mortuary chapel and receiving vault. [4]
San Francisco Columbarium & Funeral Home, San Francisco; San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco; San Francisco Marine Hospital, was a former psychiatric hospital (operated from 1875 to 1912) with an adjacent cemetery, some of the graves are still visible as of 2006. [18] [19] West Coast Memorial to the Missing of World War II
Forest Lawn Memorial Park was founded in 1906 as a not-for-profit cemetery by a group of businessmen from San Francisco. Hubert Eaton and C.B. Sims entered into a sales contract with the cemetery in 1912. Eaton took over its management in 1917.
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In 1902 the San Francisco Board of Supervisors prohibited further burials within the city. By late 1910, cremation was also prohibited. [3] The Odd Fellows, forced to abandon their cemetery, established Green Lawn Cemetery in Colma. Transfer of bodies began in 1929 and many families also chose to remove their urns from the Columbarium.
Holy Cross Cemetery (Spanish: Cementerio de la Santa Cruz) [1] [2] is a Catholic cemetery in Colma, California, operated by the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Established in 1887 on 300 acres (1.2 km 2 ), it is one of the oldest and largest cemeteries in California .
Lone Mountain Cemetery complex in 1869 map of San Francisco. Lone Mountain Cemetery was a complex of cemeteries in the Lone Mountain neighborhood of San Francisco, California, United States [2] [3] on the land bounded by the present-day California Street, Geary Boulevard, Parker Avenue, and Presidio Avenue. [4]