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In return for a zoning variance to permit the cemetery, the founders of Evergreen gave the City of Los Angeles a 9-acre (36,000 m 2) parcel of the proposed cemetery in 1877 for use as an indigent graveyard, often referred as a "potter's field." [7] Ownership of the indigent cemetery passed from the City to the County of Los Angeles in 1917. At ...
In 2017, Los Angeles National Cemetery began construction on the first phase of the columbarium on Constitution Avenue, west of I-405 just 100 yards (91 m) from the main cemetery entrance. This phase opened in October 2019 and occupies approximately 4.4 acres (1.8 ha) of the site and holds 10,000 niches for cremated remains.
[citation needed] The interments include pioneers and members of prominent families in Los Angeles and the state. [citation needed] Rosedale was the first cemetery in Los Angeles open to all races and creeds, and was the first to adopt the design concept of lawn cemeteries. This is where the grounds are enhanced to surround the graves with ...
Pages in category "Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The proposed establishment of "the largest cemetery in the world" was announced in November 1905, to be "on a high strip of ground two miles southwest of Los Angeles". [ 4 ] In 1907, a "handsome, two-story, white granite chapel" was completed at a cost of "about $40,000".
Belonging to the Marquez family, this private family cemetery dates to the 1840s and formed part of the 6,656-acre (26,940,000 m 2) Rancho Boca de Santa Monica, a Mexican land grant given to Francisco Marquez in 1839. The cemetery is…the oldest private family cemetery in Los Angeles”. [1]
Cemeteries as public spaces: 'A new, old thing' Sarah Chavez is executive director for The Order of the Good Death, a nonprofit founded by Caitlin Doughty, a mortician and writer who's advocated ...
Burials at Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery, Santa Monica (61 P) Pages in category "Cemeteries in Los Angeles County, California" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.