Olivet Gardens of Cypress Lawn Memorial Park

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Olivet Gardens of Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
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Mausoleum at Olivet Gardens
Olivet Gardens of Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
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EstablishedJuly 1896;128 years ago (1896-07)
Location
Colma, California
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 37°40′55″N122°27′17″W / 37.68194°N 122.45472°W / 37.68194; -122.45472
TypeNon-sectarian
Owned by Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
Website cypresslawn.com/about/memorial-park/olivet/
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Olivet Gardens of Cypress Lawn Memorial Park was founded in 1896, originally as the Mount Olivet Cemetery, and is located at 1601 Hillside Boulevard in Colma, California. Its name was changed later to Olivet Memorial Park, and updated again following its acquisition by Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in 2020.

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History

Work on the 210-acre (85 ha) Mount Olivet Cemetery site was announced in November 1895; it was planned to be a non-sectarian cemetery on the western slopes of San Bruno Mountain which would be subdivided into sections reserved for fraternal organizations such as the Native Sons of the Golden West, Knights of Pythias, Improved Order of Red Men, and Ancient Order of Foresters. The site adjoins the older Hills of Eternity and Home of Peace Jewish cemeteries, separated by Hillside Boulevard, which was then known as San Bruno Avenue. [1] At the time, it was the largest cemetery in California. [2] The first interments were conducted in July 1896. [3]

Drawings of Chapel and Receiving Vaults (top) and Main entrance (bottom), published in 1896 Mt Olivet chapel and gate (1896).png
Drawings of Chapel and Receiving Vaults (top) and Main entrance (bottom), published in 1896

A branch line of the San Francisco and San Mateo Electric Railway was completed for Mount Olivet in 1898. [2] By that time, the debate on keeping cemeteries within San Francisco had begun to trend toward relocating the dead, and the development of Mount Olivet and Cypress Lawn in Colma was given as evidence that community "will probably be made the receptacle for all the dead of [San Francisco] in the very near future." [4] The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a measure in 1902, banning new interments within city limits. [5]

The oldest buildings onsite include the stone chapel (1896) and columbarium (1915), both designed by William H. Crim Jr. [6] : 87 

There are two large memorials at Olivet: one dedicated to the Sailors Union of the Pacific by Governor Earl Warren in 1946 in memory of the 6,000 United States Merchant Marine sailors who died in World War II, [7] and another named "Showman's Rest", erected by the Showfolks of America in 1945. [6] : 91–92  [8] By that time, when Robert Royston was engaged to perform landscape architecture for the site, the name had been changed to Olivet Memorial Park. [9] The cemetery was acquired by Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in 2020 and renamed to Olivet Gardens. [10]

Notable burials

See also

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References

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  2. 1 2 "To Mt. Olivet Cemetery". San Francisco Call. October 9, 1898. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  3. 1 2 "New Cemetery of Mount Olivet". San Francisco Call. July 30, 1896. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "A Vital Question". San Francisco Call. November 15, 1896. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  5. ↑ Proctor, William A. (1950). "Location, regulation, and removal of cemeteries in the City and County of San Francisco". SFGenealogy.org. Department of City Planning, City and County of San Francisco. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Svanevik, Michael; Burgett, Shirley (1995). City of Souls: San Francisco's Necropolis at Colma . San Francisco, California: Custom & Limited Editions. ISBN   1-881529-04-5.
  7. ↑ "Sailors' Union of the Pacific Monument". Roadside America. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "Circus Showfolks of America Memorial". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "Olivet Memorial Park, Colma, CA, 1946". Online Archive of California. UC Berkeley, Environmental Design Archives: Robert R. Royston Collection, 1941–1990. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  10. ↑ "Exploring the Many Campuses of Cypress Lawn". Cypress Lawn Memorial Park. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
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