Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego
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Mount Hope Cemetery is a municipal cemetery
located at 3751 Market Street, San Diego, California
, and gives its name to the neighborhood of Mount Hope. The cemetery is adjacent to Greenwood Memorial Park
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Founded in 1869, on what was then the outskirts of New Town, Mount Hope now covers approximately 115 acre (0.4653889 km²). The design of the cemetery is an example of a Rural cemetery
, with architecture, art, and landscaping. The city of San Diego manages and maintains the entire cemetery, providing perpetual care to all burial sites. The rolling hills and grounds of Mount Hope Cemetery contain historically significant monuments to some of San Diego's most notable citizens, founding fathers, pioneers, and others.
Cemetery
A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The term "cemetery" implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground. Cemeteries in the Western world are where the final ceremonies of death are observed...
located at 3751 Market Street, San Diego, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, and gives its name to the neighborhood of Mount Hope. The cemetery is adjacent to Greenwood Memorial Park
Greenwood Memorial Park (San Diego)
Greenwood Memorial Park is a cemetery located on county-owned land at 4300 Imperial Avenue in San Diego County, California. The cemetery is adjacent to Mount Hope Cemetery.Opened in 1908, Greenwood covers approximately five miles east of Downtown San Diego...
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Founded in 1869, on what was then the outskirts of New Town, Mount Hope now covers approximately 115 acre (0.4653889 km²). The design of the cemetery is an example of a Rural cemetery
Rural cemetery
The rural cemetery or garden cemetery is a style of burial ground that uses landscaping in a park-like setting.As early as 1711 the architect Sir Christopher Wren had advocated the creation of burial grounds on the outskirts of town, "inclosed with a strong Brick Wall, and having a walk round, and...
, with architecture, art, and landscaping. The city of San Diego manages and maintains the entire cemetery, providing perpetual care to all burial sites. The rolling hills and grounds of Mount Hope Cemetery contain historically significant monuments to some of San Diego's most notable citizens, founding fathers, pioneers, and others.
Notable interments
- Elisha Babcock (1848-1922), real estate mogul, built the Hotel del Coronado
- Samuel BrannanSamuel BrannanSamuel Brannan was an American settler, businessman, and journalist, who founded the "California Star" newspaper in San Francisco, California...
(1819-1889), early Mormon pioneer, first millionaire of the California Gold Rush, member of San Francisco's first city council - Hick CarpenterHick CarpenterWarren William "Hick" Carpenter was an American Major League Baseball third baseman from Grafton, Massachusetts. He travelled around the National League with several clubs before getting the starting third base job with the Cincinnati Red Stockings of the American Association...
(1855-1937), American baseball player - Raymond ChandlerRaymond ChandlerRaymond Thornton Chandler was an American novelist and screenwriter.In 1932, at age forty-five, Raymond Chandler decided to become a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the Depression. His first short story, "Blackmailers Don't Shoot", was published in...
(1888-1959), author of crime stories and novels, created detective Philip Marlowe - Charles Merwin Fenn (1835-1907), doctor, a founding member of the San Diego Medical Society
- Benjamin T. FrederickBenjamin T. FrederickBenjamin Todd Frederick was a miner, businessman, real estate agent, and a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Iowa's 5th congressional district....
(1834-1903), politician, miner and real estate agent from Iowa and California - Gertrude Gilbert (1871-1947), civic activist, instrumental in saving the exposition buildings in Balboa Park
- Nathan Harrison (1823-1920), early African-American pioneer in the region
- Alonzo HortonAlonzo HortonAlonzo Erastus Horton was an American real estate developer in the nineteenth century. The Horton Plaza mall in downtown San Diego is named for him.-Early life:...
(1813-1909), founder of modern San Diego, namesake of Horton Plaza - Alta M. Hulett (1854-1877), one of America's first female attorneys
- Joseph Jessop, jeweler
- John F. KinneyJohn F. KinneyJohn Fitch Kinney was a prominent American attorney, judge, and Democratic politician. He served as Justice of the Supreme Court of Iowa, twice as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Utah and one term as the Territory of Utah's Delegate in the House of Representatives of the...
(1816-1902), American attorney, judge and politician - George MarstonGeorge MarstonGeorge White Marston was an American politician, department store owner, and philanthropist. Marston was involved with establishing Balboa Park, the San Diego Public Library System, and the Serra Museum...
(1850-1946), involved with establishing Balboa Park, the San Diego Public Library System, and the Serra Museum - Kate MorganKate MorganKate Morgan is an American who died under mysterious circumstances, and is thought by locals to be a ghost at the Hotel del Coronado in Coronado, CA. She was buried at nearby Mount Hope Cemetery in Division 5 Section 1.-Background:...
(1865-1892), Iowa woman who died under questionable circumstances and is thought by some to haunt the Hotel del Coronado - Ah Quin (1848-1914), merchant, farmer and leader in the Chinese Mission
- Kate SessionsKate SessionsKatherine Olivia "Kate" Sessions was an American botanist, horticulturalist, and landscape architect closely associated with San Diego, California, and known as the "Mother of Balboa Park."-Early life:...
(1857-1940), San Diego's pioneering horticulturist - Matthew ShermanMatthew ShermanMatthew Sherman was a land developer and American Republican politician from California.Born in Charleston, Massachusetts, he enlisted the U.S. Navy at age 13 and served on the U.S.S. Columbus and U.S.S. Independence. During the Mexican-American War, his ship briefly visited Monterey, California...
(1827-1898), land developer, San Diego pioneer, mayor from 1891 to 1893 - Walter R. TaliaferroWalter R. TaliaferroLieutenant Walter R. Taliaferro was a United States Army aviator who died in a flying accident...
(1880-1915), aviator - Thomas WhaleyThomas WhaleyThomas Whaley early settler of San Diego.Whaley was born in New York City 1823 to Thomas Alexander Whaley Sr. and Rachel Pye. His father died in 1832 and his will said Thomas should receive a liberal education....
and his family - Robert WatermanRobert Waterman (governor)Robert Whitney Waterman was an American politician. He served as the 17th Governor of California from September 12, 1887 until January 8, 1891.-Early years:...
(1826-1891), Governor of California from 1887 to 1891 - Thomas WatersonThomas WatersonThomas Waterson, born Seth Thomas Waterson in 1895 was an American police officer and member of the Memphis Police Department in Memphis, Tennessee. Along with Detective Sergeant William Raney of the Memphis police, Waterson was a member of the team who captured notorious "Public Enemy Number...
(1895-1947), member of Memphis Police Dept. who captured notorious public enemy Machine Gun KellyMachine Gun KellyGeorge Kelley Barnes , better known as "Machine Gun Kelly", was an American gangster during the prohibition era. His nickname came from his favorite weapon, a Thompson submachine gun. His most famous crime was the kidnapping of oil tycoon & businessman Charles Urschel in July 1933 for which he,...
in Memphis, Tennessee, raid in 1933