Calvary Cemetery, cemetery in East Los Angeles, California
Calvary Cemetery is a 137-acre Catholic burial ground at 4201 Whittier Boulevard in East Los Angeles. Its centre holds seven mausoleums and a chapel; the Main Mausoleum, designed by Ross Montgomery in 1929, contains a chapel where daily Mass is offered. All Souls Chapel, built in 1902, is a replica of St Giles' church in Stoke Poges, England. A light stone angel monument stands before the stone buildings.
The original Calvary Cemetery was laid out in 1849 on land surveyed under Gen. Edward Ord, between a creek near College Street and the Zanja Madre intake; it held Gen. Andrés Pico and Don Abel Stearns. The present 137-acre site across the Los Angeles River in East Los Angeles was dedicated in 1896, and All Souls Chapel followed in 1902. The Main Mausoleum, designed by Ross Montgomery, was built in 1929.
The 137-acre grounds sit uphill across the Los Angeles River from downtown, at 4201 Wabash Avenue in East Los Angeles. All Souls Chapel, a replica of the church at Stoke Poges, stands on the grounds and is now used mainly for burial services; daily Mass is held in the chapel of the Main Mausoleum.
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