Lone Mountain Cemetery

Lone Mountain Cemetery
View of Lone Mountain from the Odd Fellows Cemetery (between 1879 and 1891)
Map
Details
Established1854
Closedc. 1940 (but as late as 1945)
Location
bound by California Street, Geary Boulevard, Parker Avenue, and Presidio Avenue
CountryUnited States
Coordinates37°47′03″N 122°27′03″W / 37.78417°N 122.45083°W / 37.78417; -122.45083
TypePrivate
Size162[1] acres (66 ha)
Find a GraveLone Mountain Cemetery
The Political GraveyardLone Mountain Cemetery
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] Opened 1854, it eventually comprised Laurel Hill Cemetery, Calvary Cemetery, the Masonic Cemetery, and Odd Fellows Cemetery.[5]

Pressure to close the complex began around the beginning of the twentieth century, and by 1941 all remains within it had been moved elsewhere, mostly to a new necropolis in Colma, California,[5][4] though some were never accounted for.[6]

The land from Laurel Hill Cemetery and Calvary Cemetery was eventually used to create housing and shopping centers within the Lone Mountain neighborhood, the Masonic Cemetery land became the campus for University of San Francisco (USF), and the Odd Fellows Cemetery had maintained the columbarium and surrounding memorial park land, and the additional land was used to create the Angelo Rossi Playground and Pool and some single family housing.[1]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference :9 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Shelton, Tamara Venit (January 1, 2008). "Unmaking Historic Spaces: Urban Progress and the San Francisco Cemetery Debate, 1895-1937". California History. 85 (3): 26–70. doi:10.2307/40495163. ISSN 0162-2897. JSTOR 40495163. Archived from the original on October 15, 2022. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  3. ^ Kamiya, Gary (March 30, 2018). "Lively, lengthy battle over where to bury SF's dead". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on October 15, 2022. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Laurel Hill Cemetery". Outsidelands.org. Western Neighborhoods Project. Archived from the original on October 15, 2022. Retrieved October 14, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ^ a b Kastler, Deanna L. (July 22, 2010). "Cemeteries". Encyclopedia of San Francisco. SF Museum and Historical Society. Archived from the original on July 22, 2010. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference :7 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).