Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colorado)

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Fairmount Cemetery
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A view of Fairmount Cemetery with the Little Ivy Chapel in the background.
Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colorado)
Details
Established1890
Location
430 S Quebec St, Denver, Colorado
Country United States
TypeNon denominational
Size280 acres (110 ha)
Website Fairmount Cemetery
Find a Grave Fairmount Cemetery
The Political Graveyard Fairmount Cemetery
Map, Shows roads, some block numbers, bodies of water, mortuary, gate lodge and green houses. The southern and eastern borders of the cemetery are now somewhat contracted compared to the original borders shown here. Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado - DPLA - 1323847dc15b1c932ea742e38746d4fa.jpg
Map, Shows roads, some block numbers, bodies of water, mortuary, gate lodge and green houses. The southern and eastern borders of the cemetery are now somewhat contracted compared to the original borders shown here.

Fairmount Cemetery in Denver, Colorado, was founded in 1890 and is Denver's second oldest operating cemetery after Riverside Cemetery. [1] [2] It is located in land south-east of the intersection of the major Denver roadways Alameda Ave. and Quebec St. (originally called Hyde Park Avenue). The cemetery was designed by German landscape architect Reinhard Schuetze. [3] The cemetery was patterned after Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge and Watertown, Massachusetts. The cemetery occupies 280 acres (110 ha). The first year the cemetery opened over 4500 trees and shrubs were planted by Schuetze. [4] The cemetery is the largest arboretum in the state.

Contents

The cemetery contains many fine monuments, including works by Robert Garrison, John Paulding, Arnold Ronnebeck, Pompeo Coppini and others. [5]

The cemetery also contains three structures which have been designated as official historic landmarks by the City of Denver: the Little Ivy Chapel, the Gate Lodge, and the Fairmount Mausoleum. The Little Ivy Chapel and the Gate Lodge were both constructed in 1890, the year the cemetery opened, and were designed by architect Henry Ten Eyck Wendell. The Fairmount Mausoleum, constructed in 1929 and opened in 1930, was designed by architects Frederick E. Mountjoy and Francis W. Frewan. [3]

Notable burials

The main entrance to the Fairmount Mausoleum Closeup of Fairmount Mausoleum at Fairmount Cemetery, Denver.JPG
The main entrance to the Fairmount Mausoleum
The Bethell-Foster monument Bethell-Foster Monument at Fairmount Cemetery, Denver.JPG
The Bethell-Foster monument
Autumn in Fairmount Cemetery Autumn in Fairmount Cemetery, Denver,CO.JPG
Autumn in Fairmount Cemetery
The William J. Barker mausoleum William J. Barker Mausoleum in Fairmount Cemetery, Denver.JPG
The William J. Barker mausoleum
Francis Brown Lowry monument by John Paulding Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colorado).jpg
Francis Brown Lowry monument by John Paulding

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