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It was built to complement an existing crematorium designed by Cahill in 1895. 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 ...
Cook County Cemetery at Dunning (Read Dunning Memorial Park) 6550 W. Belle Plaine Ave., Chicago: 1854-1911 Potter's field [6] Cook County Cemetery for the Indigent (Cook County Cemetery at Oak Forest) 159th St. and Crawford Ave., Oak Forest: 1911-1971 Potter's field: Couch Mausoleum (City Cemetery) Chicago [7] Dalton Cemetery Danish Cemetery Lemont
On December 12, 1884, the War Department designated 9 acres (3.6 ha), including the site of the old post cemetery, as San Francisco National Cemetery. It was the first national cemetery established on the West Coast and marks the growth and development of a system of national cemeteries extending beyond the battlefields of the Civil War.
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]
On December 31, 1898, the Society purchased a property on F Street in Colma for the new Italian Cemetery; since then, it has expanded to both sides of F Street, covering 35 acres (14 ha) in total. [5]: 94 John (Giovanni) Fugazi, a prominent San Francisco banker, sponsored a monument for the new cemetery, selecting a design by Zocchi. [6]
Golden Gate Cemetery in 1876 map of San Francisco. Golden Gate Cemetery, also called the City Cemetery, and Potter's Field, was a burial ground with 29,000 remains, active between 1870 and approximately 1909 and was located in San Francisco, California. [1] [2] The site of this former cemetery is now Lincoln Park and the Legion of Honor museum.
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 .
Montrose Cemetery was founded by Andrew Kircher in 1902. [2] At the turn of the century, Kircher had purchased a funeral home in the heart of Chicago's German community, but by 1903, had chosen to enter the funeral business. [2] Kircher bought and developed the cemetery on prairie land, and soon after, entrusted landscaping to O.C. Simonds.