Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery, Historic cemetery in West Adams, Los Angeles, United States
Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery is a burial and memorial grounds located in the West Adams neighborhood of Los Angeles. The property features traditional burial plots, mausoleums, and several pyramid-shaped crypts distributed throughout its expanse.
The cemetery opened in 1884 during Los Angeles' early years and introduced a crematory to the western United States. This facility was the second of its kind in the country and the first located west of the Rocky Mountains.
The grounds serve as a final resting place for people of different faiths and backgrounds, welcoming all from the start. Visitors find memorials honoring local figures from politics, cinema, and civil rights movements scattered throughout.
The grounds cover a large area and are best explored on foot. The office located on Washington Boulevard can help visitors locate specific graves and provides information about those buried on the property.
The grounds adopted a garden-style design that blended trees, flowers, and artistic monuments into the landscape. This approach to cemetery design was innovative for its time and influenced how burial places were developed elsewhere.
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