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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.
Forest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City), renamed from Palm Springs Mortuary & Mausoleum in 2005, is a mausoleum in Cathedral City, California near Palm Springs. [1] It is operated by Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries .
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] It is owned and operated by the city of Santa Monica and is the final resting place of more than 54,000 people. [2]
This list of cemeteries in San Bernardino County, California includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea in San Bernardino County, California. It does not include pet cemeteries. Selected interments are given for notable people.
San Diego, CA: San Diego History Center. Brooks, Patricia; Brooks, Jonathan (2006). "7: Orange and San Diego Counties". 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. Culbertson, Judi; Randall, Tom (1989). "13: San Diego Cemeteries".
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.
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.
The city design involves underwater roads leading to a central feature with benches and statuary. The place was chosen at 3.25 miles (5.2 km) off the coast of Key Biscayne , Florida . It is a type of burial at sea and the first phase is estimated to be able to accommodate 850 remains, [ 3 ] with an eventual goal of more than 125,000 remains. [ 4 ]