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Calvary Cemetery (Los Angeles)

April 18, 2024

Calvary Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery that the Archdiocese of Los Angeles runs in the community of East Los Angeles, California. It is also called "New Calvary Cemetery" because it succeeded the original Calvary Cemetery (on north Broadway), over which Cathedral High School was built.

Calvary Cemetery
Details
Established1896
Location
4201 Whittier Boulevard,
East Los Angeles, California, U.S.
CountryUnited States
Coordinates34°01′42″N 118°10′36″W / 34.02833°N 118.17667°W / 34.02833; -118.17667
TypeRoman Catholic
Owned byRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles
Size137 acres
Find a GraveCalvary Cemetery

History edit

Old Calvary edit

When Los Angeles was originally surveyed and mapped under the leadership of Gen. Edward Ord in 1849, its graveyard was at the upper end of Eternity Street. At the lower end of Eternity was the first church in Los Angeles, the Placita. In between lay a part of town flanked by adobe houses, citrus trees, and Coast Live Oaks suitable for traditional funeral processions escorting believers to eternity. The land allotted to the cemetery lay between a creek a half block north of College Street and the toma (intake of the Zanja Madre) beyond the northern edge of town. That cemetery was named Calvary.

All the important magnates of the country around Los Angeles were buried at Calvary, such as Gen. Andrés Pico, the hero of the Battle of San Pascual, and Don Abel Stearns, a man of many ranchos. The ravine sloping down from the west took its name; it was called "Cemetery Ravine" (now Chavez Ravine, home of Dodger Stadium). Later, a Protestant cemetery for Los Angeles was laid out atop Fort Hill, where Grand Arts High School and the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels are now.[1]

As Los Angeles swelled with settlers, so also did old Calvary Cemetery grow in size and importance, and a chapel was built. Large in scale for the desert Southwest of Southern California, that chapel was dedicated to the memory of a patron, Andrew Briswalter, who died in 1885. When conditions led to the founding of a new, even bigger cemetery on the other side of the Los Angeles River in 1896—in East Los Angeles—the property of the historic cemetery was put to other uses. At the time, many Italians began moving into the north side of Los Angeles, where they founded a new church on north Spring Street. So many Italians moved in, that the upper part of town became known as "Little Italy." As it grew, a new, more permanent church building was sought, so parishioners bought the chapel of old Calvary Cemetery. The first child was baptized there in September 1904. The chapel was formally established as a church when Fr. A. Bucci dedicated the chapel of the old cemetery as St. Peter's Church on July 4, 1915.[2]

Old Calvary's historic chapel survives today in the parish and buildings of St. Peter's Italian Catholic Church, 1039 N Broadway.[3] Historic old Calvary Cemetery was built over and much of it is now occupied by Cathedral High School.

Current plots edit

The current site across the river and uphill, measuring 137 acres, was dedicated in 1896. All Souls Chapel was built on the grounds in 1902, and was dedicated on All Souls' Day of that same year. Bishop George Thomas Montgomery offered a Solemn Pontifical Mass on a temporary altar at the site, and afterwards presided at the setting in place of the cornerstone. It was designed as a replica of the parish church of St. Giles in the rural town of Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, in England. That church is believed to have been the setting of the famed 18th-century poem Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. The chapel became one of the most visited places of worship in Southern California after its opening.[4] All Souls Chapel is now used primarily for burial services.[5]

The Main Mausoleum, with a new chapel, was built in 1936. It was designed by architect Ross Montgomery.[6][7] Two additional mausoleums, Our Lady's Garden and Gethsemane, have since been built. The cemetery has its own chaplain and daily Mass is offered in the chapel of the Main Mausoleum.[4]

Notable burials edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ During the recent expansion of Grand Arts, bodies were uncovered and buried elsewhere.
  2. ^ . Archived from the original on February 19, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  3. ^ . Archived from the original on December 30, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  4. ^ a b . Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Archived from the original on August 3, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
  5. ^ . California Catholic Daily. November 8, 2012. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  6. ^ Online Archive of California: Ross Montgomery
  7. ^ John Chase, Glitter Stucco and Dumpster Diving, Verso, 2004, p. 61
  8. ^ "Mass to Be Said Friday for Actor Stepin Fetchit". The Los Angeles Times. November 21, 1985. p. A30.
  • U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Calvary Cemetery

External links edit

  • Political Graveyard.com: List of politicians buried at Calvary Cemetery, (East) Los Angeles

April 18, 2024
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Calvary Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery that the Archdiocese of Los Angeles runs in the community of East Los Angeles California It is also called New Calvary Cemetery because it succeeded the original Calvary Cemetery on north Broadway over which Cathedral High School was built Calvary CemeteryDetailsEstablished1896Location4201 Whittier Boulevard East Los Angeles California U S CountryUnited StatesCoordinates34 01 42 N 118 10 36 W 34 02833 N 118 17667 W 34 02833 118 17667TypeRoman CatholicOwned byRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Los AngelesSize137 acresFind a GraveCalvary Cemetery Contents 1 History 1 1 Old Calvary 1 2 Current plots 2 Notable burials 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editOld Calvary edit When Los Angeles was originally surveyed and mapped under the leadership of Gen Edward Ord in 1849 its graveyard was at the upper end of Eternity Street At the lower end of Eternity was the first church in Los Angeles the Placita In between lay a part of town flanked by adobe houses citrus trees and Coast Live Oaks suitable for traditional funeral processions escorting believers to eternity The land allotted to the cemetery lay between a creek a half block north of College Street and the toma intake of the Zanja Madre beyond the northern edge of town That cemetery was named Calvary All the important magnates of the country around Los Angeles were buried at Calvary such as Gen Andres Pico the hero of the Battle of San Pascual and Don Abel Stearns a man of many ranchos The ravine sloping down from the west took its name it was called Cemetery Ravine now Chavez Ravine home of Dodger Stadium Later a Protestant cemetery for Los Angeles was laid out atop Fort Hill where Grand Arts High School and the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels are now 1 As Los Angeles swelled with settlers so also did old Calvary Cemetery grow in size and importance and a chapel was built Large in scale for the desert Southwest of Southern California that chapel was dedicated to the memory of a patron Andrew Briswalter who died in 1885 When conditions led to the founding of a new even bigger cemetery on the other side of the Los Angeles River in 1896 in East Los Angeles the property of the historic cemetery was put to other uses At the time many Italians began moving into the north side of Los Angeles where they founded a new church on north Spring Street So many Italians moved in that the upper part of town became known as Little Italy As it grew a new more permanent church building was sought so parishioners bought the chapel of old Calvary Cemetery The first child was baptized there in September 1904 The chapel was formally established as a church when Fr A Bucci dedicated the chapel of the old cemetery as St Peter s Church on July 4 1915 2 Old Calvary s historic chapel survives today in the parish and buildings of St Peter s Italian Catholic Church 1039 N Broadway 3 Historic old Calvary Cemetery was built over and much of it is now occupied by Cathedral High School Current plots edit The current site across the river and uphill measuring 137 acres was dedicated in 1896 All Souls Chapel was built on the grounds in 1902 and was dedicated on All Souls Day of that same year Bishop George Thomas Montgomery offered a Solemn Pontifical Mass on a temporary altar at the site and afterwards presided at the setting in place of the cornerstone It was designed as a replica of the parish church of St Giles in the rural town of Stoke Poges Buckinghamshire in England That church is believed to have been the setting of the famed 18th century poem Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard The chapel became one of the most visited places of worship in Southern California after its opening 4 All Souls Chapel is now used primarily for burial services 5 The Main Mausoleum with a new chapel was built in 1936 It was designed by architect Ross Montgomery 6 7 Two additional mausoleums Our Lady s Garden and Gethsemane have since been built The cemetery has its own chaplain and daily Mass is offered in the chapel of the Main Mausoleum 4 Notable burials editBeatrice Dominguez 1896 1921 actress and dancer Bryan Foy 1896 1977 film producer and director Bull Montana 1887 1950 wrestler boxer actor Cedric Gibbons 1893 1960 prolific film art director and production designer Dolores Costello 1903 1979 actress Eddie Collins 1883 1940 actor Edward L Doheny 1856 1935 oil tycoon Elaine Hammerstein 1897 1948 actress Emilio Kosterlitzky 1853 1928 Russian born linguist and soldier of fortune Ethel Barrymore 1879 1959 actress Etta McDaniel 1890 1946 actress and sister of performers Hattie McDaniel amp Sam McDaniel Eugenie Besserer 1868 1934 actress Francelia Billington 1895 1934 actress Hal Roach Jr 1918 1972 film producer Harry F Sinclair 1876 1956 oil industrialist Helene Costello 1906 1957 actress Henry Gage 1852 1924 governor of California Hi Bell 1897 1949 baseball player Hugo Reid 1811 1852 prominent early L A County resident originally interred in El Campo Santo cemetery Irene Dunne 1898 1990 actress J Carrol Naish 1896 1973 actor Jack Dragna 1891 1956 Los Angeles crime family Boss Jack Reagan 1883 1941 father of Ronald Reagan Ferdinand Jelly Roll Morton 1885 1941 musician Jimmy Murphy 1894 1924 race car driver John B Esnard 1846 1931 reconstruction era politician in Louisiana John Barrymore 1882 1942 stage screen and radio actor John Hodiak 1914 1955 actor Jose Yarba 1892 1957 aka Mexican Joe Rivers boxer Kathryn Adams 1893 1959 actress King Baggot 1879 1948 actor screenwriter director Leno La Bianca 1925 1969 murdered by the Charles Manson family Lionel Barrymore 1878 1954 actor Lou Costello 1906 1959 actor and comedian Mabel Normand 1892 1930 actress and comedian Mae Costello 1882 1929 actress Marguerite Nichols 1891 1941 actress Martin F Betkouski 1860 1942 Los Angeles City Council member Mary Carr 1874 1973 actress Mary Philbin 1902 1993 actress Matt Moore 1888 1960 actor Maurice Costello 1877 1950 actor Mervin King 1914 2008 Los Angeles Police Department Captain Mykolas Birziska 1882 1962 educator Vilnius University Rector co Author and Signer of Lithuania s Declaration of Independence Nelle Wilson Reagan 1883 1962 mother of Ronald Reagan Owen Moore 1886 1939 actor Pauline O Neill 1865 1961 wife of Buckey O Neill of Rough Rider fame Pola Negri 1897 1987 actress Ramon Novarro 1899 1968 actor Ray Prim 1906 1995 baseball player Richard Boleslawski 1889 1937 director Rosario DeSimone 1873 1946 Los Angeles crime family Boss Sarah E Kellogg 1870 1957 politician postmaster and a real estate agent Stepin Fetchit 1902 1985 comedian 8 Ted Healy 1896 1937 actor original leader of The Three Stooges Timothy Manning 1909 1989 Roman Catholic cardinal third Archbishop of Los Angeles Trixie Friganza 1870 1955 actress Victor Varconi 1891 1976 Hungarian born American actor William W Dixon 1838 1910 U S Representative Democrat Fifty Second Congress Later moved to Rock Creek Cemetery Washington D C Ysabel del Valle 1837 1905 rancho owner Zachariah Montgomery 1825 1900 Assistant Attorney General in first Administration of President Grover ClevelandSee also editList of United States cemeteriesReferences edit During the recent expansion of Grand Arts bodies were uncovered and buried elsewhere History of St Peter s Italian Catholic Church in Los Angeles the Early Years Archived from the original on February 19 2016 Retrieved January 5 2016 St Peter s Italian Catholic Church Archived from the original on December 30 2015 Retrieved January 5 2016 a b Calvary Cemetery Archdiocese of Los Angeles Archived from the original on August 3 2014 Retrieved December 11 2012 Churches Worth Driving To All Souls Chapel Calvary Cemetery Los Angeles California Catholic Daily November 8 2012 Archived from the original on February 22 2014 Retrieved July 3 2013 Online Archive of California Ross Montgomery John Chase Glitter Stucco and Dumpster Diving Verso 2004 p 61 Mass to Be Said Friday for Actor Stepin Fetchit The Los Angeles Times November 21 1985 p A30 U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Calvary CemeteryExternal links editPolitical Graveyard com List of politicians buried at Calvary Cemetery East Los Angeles Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Calvary Cemetery Los Angeles amp oldid 1192663207, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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