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Chapel of the Chimes (Hayward, California) Chapel of the Chimes, 2002, by Xiu Xiu This page was last edited on 4 April 2019, at 22:53 (UTC). Text is available ...
Chapel of the Chimes was founded as California Electric Crematory in 1909 as a crematory and columbarium at 4499 Piedmont Avenue, at the entrance of Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California. The present building dates largely from a 1928 redevelopment based on the designs of the architect Julia Morgan . [ 1 ]
Under the leadership of the garden clubs of Fayette County, Judy Chapel and the fountain were restored in 1997 and the early 2000s respectively. [4] The chapel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998, and the entire cemetery followed it eight years later; it was designated the "Washington Cemetery Historic District."
Early French-speaking immigrants of Big Spring Township were served by the Precious Blood priests of New Riegel, Ohio, who oversaw the construction of a log chapel. [1] Local folklore speaks of the 1856 visit of French-speaking Cleveland Bishop Amadeus Rappe, who was purportedly led on a circuitous buggy ride to the site of the current church, and who approved the formation of a Roman Catholic ...
The entrance to the chapel is half-way down the east aisle and marked, above the doorway, with a carved shield of the Trinity. The doors are Siamese teak. The interior carvings are inspired by Peter Paul Rubens and the windows by Wilbur H. Burnham. The chapel, designed as well by Cram, was erected at a cost of $120,000 and dedicated January 15 ...
Old Monnett chapel. The congregation traces its history back to 1828, when Issac Monnett held services in his own home. [2] The original chapel was built in 1849 by Jeremiah Monnett, a relative of Mary Monnett Bain. [3] [4] It had between 12 and 17 members during the 1890s. That number dropped to 6 in the year prior to the completion of the new ...
Sonoma County Genealogical Society, Inc. (2012) [1999]. Sonoma County, California Cemetery Records 1846–1921 (3rd ed.). Santa Rosa, CA & Westminster, MD: Heritage ...
Chapel of the Chimes Memorial Park and Funeral Home is a 61-acre (25 ha) cemetery, mausoleum, crematorium, columbarium and funeral home complex in Hayward, California. The site was first established as a seven-acre cemetery in 1872. One of the memorial park's three mausoleums is circular in design, the only such one in California. [1]