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A view of the cemetery from the east, with the SkyRose Chapel in view. Mausoleums. Whittier Heights Mausoleum, built in 1917 as "Mausoleum #1" or "The Little Mausoleum", was the second public mausoleum in California (the first being at Anaheim Cemetery in Anaheim) and portrays a sense of early California architecture with its Spanish Renaissance influence.
Permanent Californians: an illustrated guide to the cemeteries of California. Chelsea, VT: Chelsea Green. ISBN 978-0930031213. OCLC 19322965. Brooks, Patricia; Brooks, Jonathan (2006). Laid to Rest in California: a guide to the cemeteries and grave sites of the rich and famous. Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot Press. ISBN 978-0762741014. OCLC 70284362.
Current entrance of Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn in Glendale, California. The Great Mausoleum features eleven terraces and over 100 stained glass windows. The massive building, which contains the same amount of steel and concrete as a 70-story skyscraper, embodies an eclectic mix of architectural styles, and is the park's artistic centerpiece.
Woodlawn Cemetery, Mausoleum & Mortuary, formerly Ballona Cemetery, is located at 1847 14th Street, alongside Pico Boulevard in Santa Monica, California, United States. The cemetery was founded in 1897 and sits on 26 acres. [ 1 ]
There are elaborately designed doorways and arches, large Spanish windows in art glass, imported marbles, and tiling. Long Beach resident Frank Julious Fisher [2] created the intricate stencils and woodcarvings tracing the walls of the mausoleum. The marble was done by Lohr Marble Company in Pasadena, and restored by them in 1978.
Evergreen Cemetery. Evergreen Cemetery is a cemetery, crematorium and mausoleum located in Oakland, California, near the Eastmont Town Center and Mills College.The cemetery was established in 1903 and is located on a small hill, with a large combined mausoleum, crematorium and chapel at the top of the hill. [1]
It’s known as “The Marble House” for a reason, and the three-bedroom, three-bathroom house has listed for $849,000 in Rochester, Minnesota. Almost every square inch of this residence is ...
Gardens of the Great Mausoleum. Private mausoleums with the Sunrise Hill Cross in the background. Numerous notable persons are interred at Oak Hill: Charles Herman Allen, educator, principal of San Jose State University; Richard Amory (1927–1981), writer, author of Song of the Loon (1966) Frank Arellanes (1882–1918), baseball player