Location: Seattle, King, Washington, United States
Surnames/tags: Cemeteries Seattle
General Information
Mount Pleasant Cemetery is located atop Queen Anne Hill, north of downtown Seattle, at 700 West Raye Street. Profile Map
History
It was established in 1879 by a purchase of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and expanded by further transfers of surrounding land from Nils B. Peterson to IOOF and the Free Methodist Church. Other cemeteries incorporated in the late 19th and early 20th century are Seattle's first Jewish cemetery, Congregation Chaveth Sholem Cemetery, Seattle Hebrew Benevolent Association Cemetery, Temple de Hirsch (Sinai) Cemetery and Chong Wa Society Chinese Cemetery. A muslim section was established in 1979. It is adjacent to the Butterworth Funeral Home - Arthur A. Wright Chapel and Queen Anne Columbarium, established in 1904, and the Hills of Eternity Jewish Cemetery[1].
Notable Monuments
Notable Interments
- Carlos Bulosan: Mid 20th century Filipino novelist and poet, best known today for his semi-autobigraphical America is in the Heart
- Anna Herr Clise: Led the effort to establish the institution that evolved into Seattle Children's Hospital
- Lyman Enos Knapp: 3rd Governor of Alaska
- Lee B. Loomis: The founder of Loomis Armoured Car Service
- John H. McGraw: 2nd Governor of Washington State
- Alexander Proctor: Sculptor
- Russell "Noodles" Smith: "The father – or perhaps the midwife – of Seattle jazz"
More Information
- See the Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Seattle) category for profiles of those who have been documented at this cemetery.
- Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Seattle) on FindAGrave
Sources
- ↑ Loder, Del (1993). "Staying on Queen Anne forever", in Queen Anne Community on the Hill (Reinartz, Kay F., project director), Queen Anne Historical Society
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