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# Cypress Lawn Heritage Museum

Cypress Heritage Museum

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## Pages

- [Home](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/) - We cordially invite you and your family to take a tour of Cypress Lawn’s four campuses and over 300 acres aboard our classic trolley. We offer free family-friendly tours led by a trained docent so you can see the incomparable art and hear the unbelievable stories of those laid to rest within our Memorial Park.
- [Alexander Morrison](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/alexander-morrison/) - Learn about Alexander Morrison, influential lawyer and community figure, buried at Cypress Lawn, alongside many of San Francisco’s notable personalities.
- [Dancing on the Brink of the World](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/exhibits/dancing-on-the-brink-of-the-world/) - Follow along with the ongoing global story of our namesake tree at Cypress Lawn Arboretum, the Monterey cypress.
- [Arboretum](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/arboretum/)
- [Arboretum Newsletter](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/arboretum-newsletter/)
- [Private Tours](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/events-tours/tours/) - Over the past century, Cypress Lawn’s Memorial Park has expanded to four different campuses. With so much to see and do across our grounds, that’s a lot of walking!
- [Private Tours](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/private-tours/)
- [Events & Tours](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/events-tours/event/)
- [History](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/history/)
- [Virtual Tree Tour](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/exhibits/virtual-tree-tour/) - This virtual interactive map tour — through images, video content, and these words — will introduce you to several of our finest tree specimens, from our namesake California native, the Monterey cypress, to exotic flora from half the world away.
- [Arboretum Video Gallery](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/exhibits/video-gallery/) - From short documentary films to recaps of fun events we've hosted at Cypress Lawn Arboretum, we've compiled all of the latest video content we've produced in one place for you to enjoy.
- [Mockup](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/mockup/)
- [Cypress Lawn Cemetery Association](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/cypress-lawn-cemetery-association/) - © 2023, Cypress Lawn Cemetery Association. All rights reserved. The content of this website, including but not limited to Service information, Obituary notices, Stories, Videos, Blog Posts, and Events are the property of Cypress Lawn Cemetery Association and is protected by copyright laws. No part of this site may be reproduced or transmitted
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- [Andrew Jackson Pope](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/andrew-jackson-pope/) - At Rest at Cypress Lawn: Andrew Jackson Pope (1820-1878) Perched on a mound a few hundred feet from the granite gate that graces the entrance and stands as a symbol of the separation of the outside world from the Cypress Lawn sanctuary, sits the grand mausoleum of Andrew Jackson Pope. This is the man who
- [testingtesting](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/testingtesting/) - Vintners’ Gravesites & Wine Tastings Tour Sign Up Name First Last Email Submit
- [Events & Tours](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/events-tours/)
- [Membership](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/membership/) - The Cypress Lawn Heritage Foundation is committed to the restoration and preservation of our historic monuments and horticulture.
- [Blog](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/)
- [Museum](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/museum/)
- [Stained Glass](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/exhibits/stained-glass/) - Explore one of the largest collections of stained glass in North America.
- [Trolley Tours](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/trolley-tours/)
- [Arboretum Contact](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/arboretum-contact/)
- [Notable Residents](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/exhibits/notable-residents/) - Click on the numbers below to view some of the notable residents of Cypress Lawn’s East Side Gardens. Do this at home or visit the cemetery and take your own self-guided walking tour.
- [Exhibits](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/exhibits/)
- [Board of Directors](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/board-of-directors/)
- [Newsletter Archive](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/newsletter-archive/) - So you want to be in the “know”, yes? To view our quarterly newsletter online, please select an issue below. Fall 2021 Newsletter Spring 2021 Newsletter Summer 2020 Newsletter Spring 2020 Newsletter Winter 2020 Newsletter Fall 2019 Newsletter Summer 2019 Newsletter Spring 2019 Newsletter Winter 2018 Newsletter Fall 2018 Newsletter Winter 2017 Newsletter Fall
- [Links & Associates](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/links-associates/)
- [Horticultural Remembrance Program](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/horticultural-remembrance-program/)
- [Angels at Cypress Lawn](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/angels-at-cypress-lawn/) - More information about the Angels at Cypress Lawn will be coming soon.
- [Helene Strybing](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/helene-strybing/) - At Rest at Cypress Lawn: Helene Strybing (1845-1936) The vision took a generation to come to fruition. A Golden Gate Park Botanical Garden was proposed during the 1890s by Superintendent John McLaren (who is buried on the West Campus of Cypress Lawn). However, in 1900, San Francisco voters rejected a ballot measure to finance the
- [Contact](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/contact/) - Can’t find what you’re looking for? Want to learn more about our exhibits, tours, and programming? Don’t hesitate to contact our staff. Give us a call today at (650) 755-0580 or fill out the contact form for assistance.
- [Our History](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/our-history/)
- [Privacy Policy](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/privacy-policy/) - Who we are Our website address is: https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org. What personal data we collect and why we collect it Comments When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from
- [Support](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/support/)
- [Steve Silver](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/steve-silver/) - At Rest at Cypress Lawn: Steve Silver (­­1944 – 1995) Throughout his storied career, theatrical genius Steve Silver may have made more people laugh than any other San Franciscan in history. In 1974, he created the zany 90-minute musical "Beach Blanket Babylon." The revue, which morphed almost daily to reflect current events, became as much
- [Henry Mayo Newhall & Scott Newhall](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/henry-scott/) - At Rest at Cypress Lawn: Henry Mayo Newhall (1825-1882) Arriving in San Francisco in July 1850 after a six-month sea journey from Massachusetts, 25-year-old auctioneer Henry Mayo Newhall established a flourishing auction house as well as an import/export business. With a keen entrepreneurial eye, Newhall used money from the sale of his import/export business to
- [Paul Yung Tso](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/paul-yung-tso/) - At Rest at Cypress Lawn: Paul Yung Tso (1904-1978) Paul Y. Construction was one of the most successful Chinese-owned construction firms in post-war Hong Kong. Paul Yung Tso completed major infrastructure projects there and in Singapore from the 1950s through to the 1980s, including the American consulate building in Hong Kong and the 26-story Hong
- [Louis P. Drexler](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/louis-p-drexler/) - At Rest at Cypress Lawn: Louis Drexler (1836-1899) One of the great landholders in California, owning thousands of acres in Tulare, Colusa, and Yolo counties, Louis Drexler ran mining operations, raised cattle, and became a noted vintner as the president and manager of the Fresno Vineyard Company — the largest producer in the region at the time.
- [Henry Cowell](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/henry-cowell/) - At Rest at Cypress Lawn: Henry Cowell (1819-1903): Imagine this. Your father is one of the wealthiest men in America. You’re 25 and madly in love. Said father says, “That woman is only interested in my money, not you. Anyone who wants to marry you is really gold-digging my fortune. If you ever are stupid enough to
- [William H. Crocker, Ethel Crocker, & Helen Crocker Russell](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/william-ethel-helen/) - At Rest at Cypress Lawn: William H. Crocker (1861-1937) The youngest son of Charles Crocker — one of the heralded “Big Four” who built the Transcontinental Railroad — was president of the Crocker National Bank and a prominent member of the Republican Party. After the 1906 earthquake and fire left the Crocker mansions in ruins, he
- [Melvin “Turk” Murphy](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/melvin-turk-murphy/) - At Rest at Cypress Lawn: Melvin “Turk” Murphy (1915-1987) Turk Murphy came to San Francisco from Chico, California in 1939. There, his driving trombone teamed with trumpeter Lu Watters to form the eight-man Yerba Buena Jazz Band. Known for its consummate ensemble rhythms with each player working in the group and not as a featured soloist
- [Joseph Lawrence Alioto](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/joseph-lawrence-alioto/) - At Rest at Cypress Lawn: Joseph Lawrence Alioto (1916 –1998) The young lawyer worked for the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department in the 1940s and then for the Board of Economic Warfare. He returned to San Francisco after World War II to launch an antitrust practice, representing Walt Disney and Samuel Goldwyn, among others.
- [Lloyd P. Tevis](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/lloyd-tevis/) - At Rest at Cypress Lawn: Lloyd P. Tevis (1824-1899) Distinguished architect John Galen Howard was commissioned by the Tevis family to design this elegant funeral monument called an exedra — an open-air semicircular bench patterned after such designs in ancient Greece and Rome. The bronze statue was struck by Herbert Adams. During his lifetime, the
- [Charles Howard](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/charles-howard/) - At Rest at Cypress Lawn: Charles Howard (1877-1950) Upon his discharge from the Army in 1903, Charles Howard boarded a train for San Francisco. On borrowed cash, he opened a bicycle shop. Howard was convinced that the next big trend would be automobiles, so he traveled to Detroit and pitched a plan to open a dealership
- [Original Columbarium](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/original-columbarium/) - At Cypress Lawn: Original Columbarium A columbarium is a structure that only holds cremated remains. This original columbarium at Cypress Lawn was the first in the United States to be built inside cemetery grounds. It dates from 1893, a year after Cypress Lawn opened. There was space for one 1,000 inurnments. Simultaneously, Cypress Lawn
- [Lincoln Beachey](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/lincoln-beachey/) - At Rest at Cypress Lawn: Lincoln Beachey (1887-1915) “It hard to imagine the admiration that that followed Beachey everywhere. He was Lindbergh at his prime, DiMaggio, all the stars of stage and screen combined, with Superman thrown in.” — Frank Marrero, author of Lincoln Beachey: The Man Who Ruled The Skies. Lincoln Beachey is the most
- [Frederick William Macondray](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/frederick-william-macondray/) - At Rest at Cypress Lawn: Frederick William Macondray (1803-1862) Born in 1803, Frederick William Macondray’s father died when he was an infant. His mother apprenticed him to a Massachusetts sea captain before the age of 10, where he learned the maritime life. A ship captain by 21, he navigated between the Chilean city of Valparaiso - South
- [Herman I. Nager](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/herman-i-nager/) - At Rest at Cypress Lawn: Herman I. Nager (1865-1946) This Greek-inspired Doric mausoleum is a small replica of the grandiose ancient Temple of Poseidon. It was erected for Herman Nager, the so-called “King of Bluebird Potato Chips.” The mausoleum was executed by architect Bernard Cahill, who also designed the nearby Lakeside Columbarium and the grand
- [Paul Kalmanovitz](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/paul-kalmanovitz/) - At Rest at Cypress Lawn: Paul Kalmanovitz (1905–1987) Known as the Beer Baron, the Polish immigrant who jumped off a merchant marine ship in 1926 to get to American soil, eventually owned all or substantial parts of several national breweries. With the purchase of Falstaff, Kalmanovitz relocated his empire to San Francisco. He and his wife, Lydia,
- [Hubert Howe Bancroft](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/hubert-howe-bancroft/) - At Rest at Cypress Lawn: Hubert Howe Bancroft (1832 – 1918) In March 1852, a young Hubert Bancroft was given an inventory from his brother’s bookstore and sent to booming San Francisco to set up a West Coast regional office of the family’s Ohio firm. Bancroft turned it into the largest bookselling business in the
- [Lillie Coit Hitchcock](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/lillie-coit-hitchcock/) - At Rest at Cypress Lawn: Lillie Hitchcock Coit (1842-1929) Lillie Hitchcock Coit was born into a prominent family. As a teenager, she was fascinated by fires and the dashing volunteer firefighters who organized into companies to combat them. A vocal supporter, Lillie quickly became a local celebrity and was adopted as a "mascot" and an
- [Claus Spreckels, Adolph Bernard Spreckels, Alma De Bretteville Spreckels, & Dodie Rosekrans](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/claus-adolph-alma-dodie/) - At Rest at Cypress Lawn: Claus Spreckels (1828-1908) Claus Spreckels rose to immense power and wealth as the “Sugar King” through the course of building a monopoly of Hawaiian sugar production through a complex of plantations and transportation systems that also established William Matson’s shipping empire. Son Adolph Spreckels married outside the monied elite, smitten
- [William Matson & Lurline Matson Roth](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/william-lurline/) - At Rest at Cypress Lawn: William Matson (1849-1917) At the tender age of fourteen, Wilhelm Matson arrived in New York City as a cabin boy from his native Sweden. Working his way up in the maritime world, the lad migrated to San Francisco and before he was old enough to vote had became captain of a vessel,
- [Thomas Oliver Larkin](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/thomas-oliver-larkin/) - At Rest at Cypress Lawn: Thomas Oliver Larkin (1802-1858) He was in on the ground soil. Thomas Larkin arrives in Northern California in 1832 and immediately begins to make money in Monterey. In cooperation with the ruling Mexican government, which he always carefully cultivates, Larkin is in the center of the lucrative import/export business at that
- [Gustave Niebaum](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/gustave-niebaum/) - At Rest at Cypress Lawn: Gustave Niebaum (1842-1908) As a partner in the powerful Alaska Commercial Company, this Finnish-born sea captain who came from humble origins was a major player in opening the resource-rich Alaskan Territory by establishing stable trade links to the U.S. By 1902, he was president of the San Francisco-based enterprise, and
- [George Washington McNear](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/george-washington-mcnear/) - At Rest at Cypress Lawn: George Washington McNear (1837-1909) The “Wheat King” was the largest California exporter of the commodity in the late nineteenth century, building a milling and warehouse empire in the process. The business assumed bonanza proportions and brought great wealth to the family. George McNear shipped grain from Vallejo, Crockett, Benicia, Oakland,
- [James Clair Flood](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/james-clair-flood/) - At Rest at Cypress Lawn: James Clair Flood (1826-1889) James Flood’s dominating 28-column family mausoleum perched on its own grassy island is the largest on our grounds. The ornate interior is of white marble. Originally erected in Calvary Cemetery in San Francisco, the structure was moved to Cypress Lawn at the behest its founder, Hamden Noble, a
- [Arthur Rogers](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/arthur-rogers/) - At Rest at Cypress Lawn: Arthur Rogers (1848-1902) A prominent member of the Democratic Party of California and a celebrated attorney, Arthur Rogers graduated from the University of California in 1872, sat on its Board of Regents, and was an active booster throughout his life. His mausoleum is one the finest examples of the classic
- [John Dolbeer](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/john-dolbeer/) - At Rest at Cypress Lawn: John Dolbeer (1827 – 1902) John Dolbeer left the New Hampshire family farm in 1850 at the age of 23 and trekked to the California gold rush to make his fortune. Like many others, he found his fortune in other endeavors. In 1863, Dolbeer and a partner would become one of the first
- [Francis “Lefty” O’Doul](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/francis-lefty-odoul/) - At Rest at Cypress Lawn: Francis Joseph “Lefty” O’Doul (1897 – 1969) Lefty O’Doul is a San Francisco native. His unique memorial continues to be one of the most popular attractions at Cypress Lawn. The 3,800-pound marker was created by local monument makers Bocchi & Sons using rare green granite imported exclusively from Brazil for the tribute.
- [Jennie Roosevelt Pool](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/jennie-roosevelt-pool/) - At Rest at Cypress Lawn: Jennie Roosevelt Pool (1853-1911) Jennie Roosevelt Pool was a cousin of President Teddy Roosevelt and the widow of I. Lawrence Pool, a nephew of William I. Kip - the first Episcopal Bishop of California. Kip is buried in Cypress Lawn at the dedicated Episcopal area of Cypress Lawn. When I. Lawrence
- [Hamden Holmes Noble](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/hamden-holmes-noble/) - At Rest At Cypress Lawn: Hamden Holmes Noble (1844-1929) As the founder of Cypress Lawn Cemetery was fond of saying: “I knew nothing about the business, and therefore, had no false ideas to overcome.” Hamden Holmes Noble did know something about entrepreneurial fortune building. After serving in the Civil War, he headed to California. As
- [Charles Frederick Crocker](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/charles-f-crocker/) - At Rest At Cypress Lawn: Charles Frederick Crocker (1854-1897) Charles Crocker was one of the "Big Four" who built the transcontinental railroad. His eldest son, Charles Frederick Crocker, served as vice president of the Southern Pacific Railroad and president of the San Joaquin and Sierra Nevada Railroad. He died at 42 of Bright’s Disease, a kidney ailment that
- [George Hearst, Phoebe Apperson Hearst, & William Randolph Hearst](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/george-pheobe-william/) - George Hearst: Commissioned the mausoleum. Father of Will Randolph Hearst. Acquired his riches through the Nevada Comstock silver lode; owned shares in numerous mining concerns and invested in real estate. A U.S. Senator, representing California. Phoebe Apperson Hearst: Wife of George, a philanthropist, suffragette, feminist; donated millions of dollars to the development of the University of
- [William Parmer Fuller](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/william-parmer-fuller/) - At Rest at Cypress Lawn: William Parmer Fuller (1827-1890) Here is yet another story of a young man who arrived in California in 1849 to dig for gold and ended up building a business empire he did not anticipate. When his panning panned out, William Fuller re-entered his old occupation — painting and paperhanging. A
- [William G. Irwin](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/william-g-irwin/) - At Rest at Cypress Lawn: William G. Irwin (1843 –1914) Young William came with his family from England to California at the onset of the California Gold Rush, which eventually made its way to Hawaii. He was in the right place at the right time to make a fortune in the sugar plantation market. After
- [Rudolph Spreckels](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/rudolph-spreckels/) - At Rest at Cypress Lawn: Rudolph Spreckels (1872-1958) The youngest son of “Sugar King” Claus Spreckels, Rudolph built a fortune in sugar, banking and finance in competition with his father, and independent of his three brothers. He is perhaps best remembered for his role in helping bring criminal charges against Mayor Eugene Schmitz and political
- [Charles de Young](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/charles-de-young/) - At Rest at Cypress Lawn: Charles de Young (1846-1880) Charles de Young’s life-sized bronze statue is the only such memorial at Cypress Lawn. It was commissioned by his brother, Michael de Young, at the time of Charles’ untimely death by assassination at age 35. Michael himself would survive an assassination attempt four years later. The
- [William H. Kohl](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/william-h-kohl/) - At Rest at Cypress Lawn: William H. Kohl (1820–1893) A true ‘49er — one who set foot on San Francisco soil in 1849 — Capt. William H. Kohl was a shipbuilder who also commanded his own vessel. He made an immense fortune in the Alaskan fur seal trade. The grand mausoleum constructed in 1893 was the
- [John Barton](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/john-barton/) - At Rest at Cypress Lawn: John Barton (1824-1900) John Barton emigrated from Massachusetts to the gold fields of California in 1849, making him an original "pioneer of ‘49." He spent a couple of months panning for gold before opening an auction house in Sacramento. By 1869, he began to manufacture salt by solar evaporation in
- [Lakeside Columbarium](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/lakeside-columbarium/) - At Cypress Lawn: Lakeside Columbarium By the 1920s, cremation was becoming an option for an increasing number of California families. Bernard Cahill, the renowned architect who designed the original Cypress Lawn Mediterranean-style administration building on the West Campus and the grand public mausoleum behind it, then assumed his last major Cypress Lawn project: the proposed 20,000-square-foot
- [Noble Chapel](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/noble-chapel/) - The Noble Chapel you behold today is a 2016 restoration of the original 1893 structure. This restoration was painstakingly pursued in order to return as closely as possible to the appearance and specifications of the original structure. The project cost $5 million, took almost two years, and utilized supplies from some of the same companies
- [Cypress Lawn Entry Gate](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/cypress-lawn-entry-gate/) - Cypress Lawn Entry Gate “Mission Revival” was an architectural movement that sought to revive and reinterpret the “colonial-style” Spanish missions built in California during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It is sometimes termed “California Mission Revival.” The easily recognizable genre enjoyed its greatest popularity between 1890 and 1915, particularly in schools, railroad depots,

## FH Locations

- [Heritage Museum](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/location/heritage-museum/)

## Staff

- [Aracele Govea](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/staff/aracele-govea/)
- [Bob Gordon](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/staff/bob-gordon/)
- [Kenneth E. Varner](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/staff/kenneth-e-varner/)

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## Blog

- [DANCING ON THE BRINK OF THE WORLD VOLUME XXI - DANCING](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/dancing-on-the-brink-of-the-world-volume-xxi-dancing/) - DANCING ON THE BRINK OF THE WORLD VOLUME XXI - DANCING Dancing, dancing, on we go Wind-shaped branches Formed in flow A state of being This I know The ramblin’ way Of Hespero ABOVE: Composed in a churchyard cemetery, in the shade of a giant cypress, at St. Barnabas Anglican church in
- [SENSES AND SEASONS - CELEBRATING OUR 6TH ANNUAL ARBORETUM DAY](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/senses-and-seasons-celebrating-our-6th-annual-arboretum-day/) - SENSES AND SEASONS CELEBRATING OUR 6TH ANNUAL ARBORETUM DAY Planting season is upon us, friends! We invite you to join in the fun with us at Cypress Lawn Arboretum, for our 6th annual celebration of putting trees into the earth and growing the next generation of our diverse living collection. This autumn’s event (Saturday
- [DANCING ON THE BRINK OF THE WORLD VOLUME XIX - FAILURE](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/dancing-on-the-brink-of-the-world-volume-xix-failure/) - Failing Forest Fated Follows Form Found Felt Focus Forensic Finding Flowing Firming Feeling Future Friend Oh, the storms will come. Again and again, the wind and the rain, the might of winter will bear reckoning. How many branches, how many trees, will fail with the next? In my seasons of stewardship of
- [CONNECTING WITH THE MORE-THAN-HUMAN WORLD -  FOREST BATHING AT CYPRESS LAWN ARBORETUM](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/connecting-with-the-more-than-human-world-forest-bathing-at-cypress-lawn-arboretum/) - What does it mean, to “bathe in the forest”? Forest bathing as a phrase may sound silly at first to some, conjuring up images of hippies with flowers in their hair, dancing nude through the woods in glee. Now, while this is not inherently against the taught practices of the Association of Nature and
- [CELEBRATING A CHAMPION - ABIES CEPHALONICA AS A NATIONAL BIG TREE SPECIMEN OF THE ARBORETUM LIVING COLLECTION](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/10056/) - Well, friends, it’s official! The living collection of Cypress Lawn Arboretum has a confirmed national champion tree - the largest of its species documented in cultivation in the continental U.S. Our champion is a Grecian fir, also known by the Latin binomial Abies cephalonica. This specimen tree has been confirmed and documented in the
- [DANCING ON THE BRINK OF THE WORLD VOLUME XVIII - SEEDLING](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/dancing-on-the-brink-of-the-world-volume-xviii-seedling/) - A cypress seed I planted thee Beyond the lee Of God’s own tree In grace you grow I cannot know How tall, how long The winds may blow Roots in stone I stand alone Yet live with you Thy seed is sown The journey I’m on is one to take a lifetime. If a
- [A GROWING TRADITION - CELEBRATING THE 5TH ANNUAL ARBORETUM DAY AT CYPRESS LAWN](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/a-growing-tradition-celebrating-the-5th-annual-arboretum-day-at-cypress-lawn/) - So much can happen in five years. In the life of a tree, that first germination of a new seed, developing on to a seedling, putting down roots in its forever home, growing on tall to heights beyond the person who planted it, perhaps even reaching maturity and setting out seeds of its own. For
- [DANCING ON THE BRINK OF THE WORLD - VOLUME XVII - CELEBRATION](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/dancing-on-the-brink-of-the-world-volume-xvii-celebration/) - There is much to celebrate in the story of trees and people, in kinship together at a place I know fondly as Cypress Lawn Arboretum. Over the past five years, the growing narrative of one species - Hesperocyparis macrocarpa - as the namesake plant of our cherished cemetery, has been evolving in a number
- [HOMES FOR MANY - TREES AS VALUABLE WILDLIFE HABITAT AT CYPRESS LAWN ARBORETUM](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/homes-for-many-trees-as-valuable-wildlife-habitat-at-cypress-lawn-arboretum/) - While walking through the grounds of Cypress Lawn Arboretum and Memorial Park, you may notice a new grounds management practice that our team of stewards and caretakers is beginning to embrace in this meaningful place of old trees - this is the way of giving trees a second life by safely preserving dead, dying,
- [DANCING ON THE BRINK OF THE WORLD - VOLUME XVI - BEINGS](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/dancing-on-the-brink-of-the-world-volume-xvi-beings/) - Beings, of the more Than human world, fostering Love in company My story, as a being in kind with the trees, is a journey slow in growing. Seasons come and go, new green emerges, wound-wood seals over old failures, a bud bursts and a branch winds and weaves where never was there one
- [Growing An Experience - Enjoy Your Virtual Visit to Cypress Lawn Arboretum](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/growing-an-experience-enjoy-your-virtual-visit-to-cypress-lawn-arboretum/) - Click here to interact with the map Welcome, friends! Here at Cypress Lawn Arboretum, we are proud to be launching the next generation of our virtual tree tour experience. With this newly developed Arboretum map viewer platform, you may learn about the many trees of our living collection, right from the comfort of your
- [DANCING ON THE BRINK OF THE WORLD - VOLUME XV - GENERATIONS](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/dancing-on-the-brink-of-the-world-volume-xv-generations/) - Across the generations, the tree that names the place known as Cypress Lawn Arboretum has come to define a landscape of titanic heritage, now well into a second century of cultivation. Several of the very oldest Monterey cypress (Hesperocyparis macrocarpa) trees on the historic grounds of our East and West campuses date back to the
- [TREES AND TURF - CARING FOR THE ROOTED VETERANS OF CYPRESS LAWN ARBORETUM](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/trees-and-turf-caring-for-the-rooted-veterans-of-cypress-lawn-arboretum/) - Cypress Lawn Arboretum has long been a meaningful place of trees. A remarkable truth of this heritage landscape is that the original cemetery sections of East campus were planned and planted with trees prior to the first human burials, when Cypress Lawn formally opened its gates in service of Bay Area families in
- [DANCING ON THE BRINK OF THE WORLD – VOLUME XIV - LOVE](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/dancing-on-the-brink-of-the-world-volume-xiv-love/) - OLD HESPERO AND I Love is where A tree, a man Find home in kinship With each other Love is where We all must go Walking our lives’ path The human way Love is where Standing people O, the wooden ones! In silence, teach Love is where Old Hespero My dear, kind friend
- [DANCING ON THE BRINK OF THE WORLD - VOLUME XIII - MAX](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/dancing-on-the-brink-of-the-world-volume-xiii-max/) - There are other worlds In which to sing Beyond the clouds The sky still shines Blue in the light Of the mourning sun One day I know I’ll follow you, friend To find love there Just ‘round the bend Dedicated to my dog Max - d. October 24, 2020 And my grandmother, Velva
- [VETERANS AND COMPANIONS - CELEBRATING LIFE AT ARBORETUM DAY 2023](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/veterans-and-companions-celebrating-life-at-arboretum-day-2023/) - Every November, in the seasonal celebration of life that is Arboretum Day, we plant trees here at Cypress Lawn. In the Golden State, here in California where our Mediterranean climate is dry all summer long, autumn is just the right time to establish plants in the soil and foster the future of our living collection.
- [SEEDS OF THE FUTURE -  GROWING THE NEXT GENERATION OF CYPRESS LAWN ARBORETUM](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/seeds-of-the-future-growing-the-next-generation-of-cypress-lawn-arboretum/) - The old veteran trees of Cypress Lawn Arboretum are a special part of our living collection, some of them 131 years in age and still branching out today. I know a profound sense of gratitude for this heritage, to Hamden Holmes Noble and the founding stewards of Cypress Lawn. In my role as one
- [DANCING ON THE BRINK OF THE WORLD - VOLUME XII - CHAMPION](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/dancing-on-the-brink-of-the-world-volume-xii-champion/) - CHAMPION The Queen of Cupressus Her majesty untold A specimen of wonder Vast canopy, age old To stand in her shelter To sit in her shade Is to feel a serenity Of nature’s miracle made Who has not witnessed Pescadera Has not known Her grandness of grace Gratefully grown HESPEROCYPARIS MACROCARPA
- [GIVING TREES A SECOND LIFE -  WOOD RECLAMATION AT CYPRESS LAWN ARBORETUM](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/giving-trees-a-second-life-wood-reclamation-at-cypress-lawn-arboretum/) - Here at the Arboretum, trees of all ages, from the young seedlings to the veteran giants, define a green and vital living landscape for all those who come to visit our Memorial Park. Planting and establishing trees for the next generation to enjoy is an important part of the care we provide
- [DANCING ON THE BRINK OF THE WORLD - VOLUME XI - COAST](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/dancing-on-the-brink-of-the-world-volume-xi-coast/) - Trees, for me, and cypresses in particular, are a wellspring of creative inspiration. As a source of wellness, for mental and emotional sustenance, I will often just sit and be, for a moment beneath a Monterey cypress, looking out to the ocean. On the coast, where I live in Pacifica, California, Hesperocyparis macrocarpa frames the
- [Dancing on the Brink of the World: Volume X - Fathers](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/dancing-on-the-brink-of-the-world-volume-x-fathers/) - If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. - Sir Isaac Newton The land is process Our imprint too! We live in the lee Of what our forefathers do - From “Dancing on the Brink of the World - Volume V: Heritage” Many of us owe a professional
- [Establishing the Forest of the Future](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/establishing-the-forest-of-the-future/) - Every November, in the annual celebration of life that is Arboretum Day, we plant trees here at Cypress Lawn. Just a couple of months ago, we planted a companion tree for one of our oldest veteran Monterey cypress specimens, photographed above. This young tree is one of many companions we introduced into our living collection
- [Dancing on the Brink of the World: <br>Volume IX - Origin</br>](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/dancing-on-the-brink-of-the-world-volume-ix-origin/) - THE ORIGIN OF HERITAGE From origin upon this earth Arising from the sand To journey far, friend, from thy birth Your seed now germs on distant land This story seldom hears the call Unknown tale, to my own kin So by these words, may we grow tall Together! Let us now begin …
- [“Living Color” by Botanical Artist Pria Graves – Feature Exhibition at Cypress Lawn Arboretum – January & February 2023](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/living-color/) - Beginning in the opening month of 2023, Cypress Lawn Arboretum will be hosting our inaugural botanical art gallery exhibit, featuring several works by renowned local artist Pria Graves. This exhibit will launch on January 20th and will remain on display in the lobby of the main offices at Cypress Lawn (1370 El Camino Real) through
- [Arboretum Day 2022: Companion Trees and the Arboretum Heritage Project](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/arboretum-day-2022-companion-trees-and-the-arboretum-heritage-project/) - It is our honor to extend a cordial in-person invitation to our third-annual Arboretum Day, here at Cypress Lawn Arboretum and Botanical Gardens on November 12th, 2022. RSVPs to this special event, stewarding forward the legacy of our Memorial Park's many trees, may be made here on our Heritage Foundation website. Celebrating 130 years
- [Dancing on the Brink of the World: Volume VIII — Veteran](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/dancing-on-the-brink-of-the-world-volume-viii-veteran/) - Veteran Cypress Rugged beauty on continent’s edge, Your rounded canopy swept by fog Gives little hint of your ultimate fate. Below, in the canyon, your gnarled roots Cling, oh so firmly, to weathered stone; And above, your thickened buttress stands Rock-solid, fixing that massive trunk Yet, even now, your buttress splits, And adjacent
- [Dancing on the Brink of the World: Volume VII — Macrocarpa](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/dancing-on-the-brink-of-the-world-volume-vii-macrocarpa/) - In September of 2019, I embarked on a global journey as a traveling scholar of UC Berkeley’s Geraldine Knight Scott Fellowship. My purpose was to follow the Monterey cypress (Hesperocyparis macrocarpa) wherever it has been planted by people, which for this species of cypress is a great many places. Half the world away, this tree
- [CypressFest! — Tree Care Collaboration at Cypress Lawn Arboretum](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/cypressfest-tree-care-collaboration-at-cypress-lawn-arboretum/) - This past September, a major seasonal effort in the pruning of Monterey cypress (Hesperocyparis macrocarpa) trees took place, here at Cypress Lawn Arboretum! Please enjoy this video, showcasing the work and arboricultural intentions of CypressFest. Our namesake
- [Dancing on the Brink of the World: Volume VI - Spirit](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/dancing-on-the-brink-of-the-world-volume-vi-spirit/) - By Cypress Lawn Arboretum Director Josh Gevertz Hesperocyparis macrocarpa - Monterey cypress Creative inspiration is rarely a given. Most often, it needs to be strived for, cultivated, discovered. In my own experience, there is a certain openness of the mind and spirit that lives as an essential tenet, preceding and informing the deeply human
- [Cypress Lawn Arboretum Day 2021: A Showcase Film About a Day for Celebrating Trees](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/cypress-lawn-arboretum-day-2021-a-showcase-film-about-a-day-for-celebrating-trees/) - On November 12th, 2021, just a few short months ago, we celebrated our second-annual Arboretum Day. This special event of planting trees, learning about the living collection of Cypress Lawn Arboretum, and growing our community of tree-lovers near and far was a joyous and successful occasion. Many thanks to all those who helped to bring
- [Cypress Lawn Arboretum Day 2021: November 12th](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/cypress-lawn-arboretum-day-2021-november-12th/) - Dearest friends, neighbors, and tree-lovers near and far — It is my honor to extend to you a cordial in-person (as well as virtual!) invitation to our second-annual Arboretum Day, here at Cypress Lawn Arboretum and Botanical Gardens on Nov. 12, 2021. The first-ever Arboretum Day, held last year on Nov. 18, 2020, was indeed
- [PRESERVATION, RESTORATION, CURATION: CARING FOR THE TREES OF CYPRESS LAWN ARBORETUM](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/preservation-restoration-curation-caring-for-the-trees-of-cypress-lawn-arboretum/) - There is a certain awe that a tree may inspire, when given our attention. The dappled light passing through a curtain of pine needles; a shimmering branch of copper beech leaves, dancing on the wind; the heady scent of magnolia flowers in mid-summer bloom. At Cypress Lawn Arboretum, the care of our trees is given
- [Dancing on the Brink of the World: Volume IV - Seed](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/dancing-on-the-brink-of-the-world-volume-iv-seed/) - Let me tell you a story, from a decade ago, about the first Monterey cypress I ever came to know… She lives on Bodega Head, nestled a hundred paces away from the sandstone cliff edge and the crashing Pacific surf just beyond. I cannot recall my first instance of seeing her from afar, nor that
- [Plant Vision: Giving Our Attention to the Trees Around Us](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/plant-vision-giving-our-attention-to-the-trees-around-us/) - By Cypress Lawn Arboretum Director Josh Gevertz I know this feeling of being a child, one of my first waking memories. Running circle after circle on the lawn of my new family home around a ring of ivy. Three silver birches, Betula pendula, emergent from the center of the round as a harmonious triumvirate of brilliant
- [Dancing on the Brink of the World: Volume III - Specimen](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/dancing-on-the-brink-of-the-world-volume-iii-specimen/) - A Photo Blog Series Showcasing the Diversity of Global Plantings of the Monterey Cypress By Cypress Lawn Arboretum Director Josh Gevertz Hesperocyparis macrocarpa, in its wisened maturity past a century in age, may grow to become a true natural spectacle, a wooden behemoth that lives at a physical and temporal scale far beyond the human. To
- [Welcome to Cypress Lawn Arboretum: <br>A Short Feature Film](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/welcome-to-cypress-lawn-arboretum-a-short-feature-film/) - By Cypress Lawn Arboretum Director Josh Gevertz Hello, friends! Recent months have been full of growth and change here at Cypress Lawn Arboretum. This short feature documentary film seeks to share with you — our cherished tree-loving community — just a few of the many projects that we have been working on. From giving care and
- [From Acorn to Action Plan: Arboretum Allies and a New Era of Tree Care at Cypress Lawn](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/from-acorn-to-action-plan-arboretum-allies-and-a-new-era-of-tree-care-at-cypress-lawn/) - By Cypress Lawn Arboretum Director Josh Gevertz Cypress Lawn Arboretum has grown through the generations from a vision seeded by our founder, Hamden Holmes Noble, who brought the idea of the rural “garden cemetery” to the California coast in the final decade of the 19th century. Although Mr. Noble did not think of himself as
- [Dancing on the Brink of the World: Volume II - Natural(ized)](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/dancing-on-the-brink-of-the-world-volume-ii-naturalized/) - A Photo Blog Series Showcasing the Diversity of Global Plantings of the Monterey Cypress By Cypress Lawn Arboretum Director Josh Gevertz The Monterey cypress (Hesperocyparis macrocarpa), our namesake species at Cypress Lawn Arboretum, is a coastal Californian tree with a unique natural — and cultural — history. While truly native only to a small pocket
- [Dancing on the Brink of the World: Volume I - Memorial](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/dancing-on-the-brink-of-the-world-volume-i-memorial/) - A Photo Blog Series Showcasing the Diversity of Global Plantings of the Monterey Cypress On Cypress Lawn’s first Arboretum Day, November 18, 2020, we will embrace the singular healing act of planting trees. We do so as a memorial, as a living tribute to the many souls that have been lost in the ongoing global
- [Arboretum Day: November 18th, 2020<br>Cypress Lawn Arboretum](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/arboretum-day-november-18th-2020cypress-lawn-arboretum/) - Dearest friends, neighbors, and tree-lovers near and far — It is my honor to extend to you a cordial virtual invitation to the first annual Arboretum Day here at Cypress Lawn Arboretum & Botanical Gardens on Nov. 18, 2020. As a celebration of life befitting the lasting legacy of our Memorial Park, where trees have
- [What’s Next at Cypress Lawn: Virtual Tree Tours](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/whats-next-at-cypress-lawn-virtual-tree-tours/) - Hello all! We here at the Cypress Lawn Arboretum would like to cordially invite you to experience our new virtual Tree Tour of our living collection, featuring several of the grandest and oldest tree specimens growing today at Cypress Lawn. Click here to explore this virtual experience for yourself! Start the Tree Tour Here With
- [June’s Tree of the Month: Irish Yew](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/junes-tree-of-the-month-irish-yew/) - By Cypress Lawn Arboretum Director Josh Gevertz A headstone of polished granite — ornate, intricately detailed, and artfully inscribed — stands to commemorate a life gone by. Stone is a stoic thing; as eternal tributes to beloved people, we intend for our mausoleums, statuary, and monuments to remain immutable, as sacrosanct vessels of cherished memories.
- [May’s Tree of the Month: Monterey Pine](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/mays-tree-of-the-month-monterey-pine/) - A tree is a versatile metaphor for life itself — indeed, examples of this are scattered across our cultural history as a thousand leaves upon an autumn lawn. From the tempting fruits of Eden to the meditative enlightenment of Siddhartha Gautama beneath the sacred Bodhi tree; from the shrouded mystery of J.K. Rowling’s Forbidden Forest
- [April’s Tree of the Month: Deodar Cedar](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/aprils-tree-of-the-month-deodar-cedar/) - By Cypress Lawn Arboretum Director Josh Gevertz Looking up into the canopy above me, on an afternoon stroll across the Arboretum grounds, a sure sign of the turn of spring catches my eye. Behold, such a burst of vibrant green! The radiance of youth glimmers in the sun, emerging from the end of each branch, this
- [March's Tree of the Month: Cork Oak](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/marchs-tree-of-the-month-cork-oak/) - Perhaps no singular tree in the entire Cypress Lawn Arboretum collection is so grand as this - unassuming, still, in the lee of the ever-so-stately Hammond family monument, its gargantuan branches reach for the sun in all directions. Its evergreen leaves catch the afternoon light and flicker delicately on the eastward Pacific breeze. Its mighty
- [February’s Tree of the Month: Monterey Cypress](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/februarys-tree-of-the-month-monterey-cypress/) - By Josh Gevertz, Arboretum Director at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park As our namesake tree at the Cypress Lawn Arboretum, the Monterey cypress is a unique species that we treasure as a distinguished feature throughout our growing collection. With nearly 200 specimens living in our Memorial Park, some as old as Cypress Lawn itself and others
- [The Truthful Facts of Ishi and Alfred L. Kroeber’s Friendship](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/the-truthful-facts-of-ishi-and-alfred-l-kroebers-friendship/) - By Richard Burrill April 8, 2022 Please know that Cypress Lawn has recently acquired Olivet Memorial Park in Colma. Situated at the base of the San Bruno Mountains, with huge cypress and palm trees throughout, Mount Olivet — as it was originally named — opened in 1896, four years after Cypress Lawn. Known as the
- ["The Flying Fool" of Cypress Lawn](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/flying-fool-cypress-lawn/) - “It hard to imagine the admiration that that followed Beachey everywhere. He was Lindbergh at his prime, DiMaggio, all the stars of stage and screen combined, with Superman thrown in.” ~ Frank Marrero, author of Lincoln Beachey: The Man Who Ruled The Skies. Lincoln Beachey is the most famous person you never heard of.
- ["Walk Like An Egyptian"-- Egyptomania At Cypress Lawn](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/walk-like-egyptian-egyptomania-cypress-lawn/) - Cypress Lawn is an outdoor museum teeming with Egyptian Revival architecture and design. The style is both ancient and neo-classical, and in its day, very trendy. Architects copied the lines, jewelers were inspired by the forms and symbols, and major manufactures produced Egyptian themed clocks, silverware, cigar cutters, vases and even caskets.
- [Fidos and Foo Dogs At Cypress Lawn: The Dog Days Of Spring](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/fidos-and-foo-dogs-at-cypress-lawn/) - There are no dogs at Cypress Lawn...buried, that is. But here is one for the ages. This bronze statue was in the back yard of the Gentner home for years. When Anna Lenore Gentner passed away in 2002, her husband had a special tombstone constructed to accommodate the treasure. On the back of
- [Last Great Duel In American History](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/last-great-duel-american-history/) - The secluded spot at Lake Merced is a California Registered Historical Landmark. Our combatants in 1859 were no less than a U. S. Senator from California and the former Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court. Dueling was technically against the law but it was an age when honor trumped the law. Their first attempt
- [Can You Match The Tombstones To The Celebrities?](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/can-you-match-these-tombstone-final-words-to-the-celebrity/) - Well-known personalities try to sum up their lives in a tombstone witty ditty.
- [Cypress Lawn Crossword Puzzle](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/cypress-lawn-crossword-puzzle/) - The nice thing about doing a crossword puzzle is, you know there is a solution. ~ Stephen Sondheim, composer and lyricist
- [CYPRESS LAWN  BLOG: His Master's Voice: Pet Memorials](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/cypress-lawn-blog-his-masters-voice-pet-memorials/) - Memorials for pets are at least as poignant and sentimental as those for humans, which we will soon see. But first, many want to know if your pet can be buried with you. The answer depends on what state you are in and on the meaning of “with.” Most states either have laws specifically prohibiting
- [Who Are The Three Most Important People Buried At Cypress Lawn? Pick From This List](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/who-are-the-three-most-important-people-buried-at-cypress-lawn-pick-from-this-list/) - This is, of course, a subjective question. What is important? Do we mean the best known? The richest? The most talented? The one who had the largest acclaim during his/her lifetime? The one that did the greatest "good" for humanity? The most influential? And how do you measure influence? I have compiled a diverse
- [CYPRESS LAWN BLOG: The Devil Is In The Details](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/cypress-lawn-blog-the-devil-is-in-the-details/) - There is only one devil (actually a pair) in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park and they reside above ground.
- [Cypress Lawn Blog: The Great Pyramid Of Wisdom At Cypress Lawn](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/cypress-lawn-blog-the-great-pyramid-of-wisdom-at-cypress-lawn/) - Many have gazed with wonderment at the Whittell monument in Cypress Lawn. Six feet square at the base and equal in height, it is a miniature of Egyptian pyramids. On it sloping surfaces, Hugh Whittell had chiseled a poetic (and likely embellished) history of his travels on one side and his philosophy
- [CYPRESS LAWN BLOG: Eccentric, Out-Of-The-Box Celebrity Tombstones](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/cypress-lawn-blog-eccentric-out-of-the-box-celebrity-tombstones/) - Going out with style and humor.
- [Babylon At Cypress Lawn](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/babylon-at-cypress-lawn/) - Beach Blanket Babylon has been running continuously to sold-out audiences in San Francisco since June 1974. That earns it the distinction of the longest running musical revue in theatre history. The San Francisco Chronicle described the show's roots as a combination of "Vegas lounge acts, the Follies Bergere, God Rush-era extravaganzas, English music halls, a
- [Celebration of Bacchus: The Signorello Memorial](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/celebration-of-bacchus-the-signorello-memorial-2/) - There are many winemakers at rest at Cypress Lawn, but only one revels in the legendary glory of the grape.
- [Earth Angel](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/earth-angel/) - There are no fifty acres in the world more angelic than the East side of Cypress Lawn Memorial Park. What is even more remarkable is that with few exceptions, we do not know exactly who executed these handcrafted stone masterpieces. They were commissioned from local monument makers and produced by anonymous, mostly Italian
- [The Accidental Philanthropist](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/the-accidental-philanthropist/) - Imagine this. Your father is one of the wealthiest men in America. You’re twenty-five and madly in love. Said father says: “That woman is only interested in my money, not you. Anyone who wants to marry you is really gold digging my fortune. If you ever are stupid enough to get married, I will disown
- [The Eccentric Belle of Cypress Lawn](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/the-eccentric-belle-of-cypress-lawn-2/) - If a lady ever deserved to be called "hot," it was "Firebelle Lil."
- [Cypress Lawn History: Believe It Or Not](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/cypress-lawn-history-believe-it-or-not/) - Did You Know...? Hamden Holmes Noble, the founder of Cypress Lawn was mindful that one of the most haunting fears of families during the Victorian era was the possibility of a loved one being buried while still alive. Thus, it was provided that families with such fears could have the deceased placed in
- [Test Your Cypress Lawn IQ](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/test-your-cypress-lawn-iq/) - How much do you really know about your favorite Memorial Park?
- [The Holidays at Cypress Lawn 2015](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/the-holidays-at-cypress-lawn-2016/) - Getting in the spirit
- [Bad Boys of Cypress Lawn: Lucky Baldwin](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/bad-boys-cypress-lawn-lucky-baldwin/) - He's lucky he died a natural death.
- [Angels in Glass At Cypress Lawn](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/angels-glass-cypress-lawn/) - Colorful guardian angels protect Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
- [Splendor in the Glass](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/splendor-in-the-glass/) - Tucked away in the sprawling Cypress Lawn Mausoleum located behind the administration building is some of the most magnificent stained glass in America, including 36,000 square feet of glass ceilings. When the original Cypress Lawn Cemetery offices in San Francisco were destroyed in the earthquake of 1906, founder Hamden Holmes Noble hired eminent architect
- [Cypress Lawn History: Believe It Or Not](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/cypress-lawn-history-believe-it-or-not-the-birds-the-bees/) - The inside story of the birds and the bees at Cypress Lawn.
- [All Aboard! Getting to Cypress Lawn in Style Back in the Good Old Days](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/all-aboard-getting-to-cypress-lawn-in-style-back-in-the-good-old-days/) - The horse drawn carriage ride was slow and bumpy on rough roads - and God forbid it was raining - so rail travel became the ticket.
- [A Most Dangerous Profession in Gold Rush San Francisco](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/a-most-dangerous-profession-in-gold-rush-san-francisco/) - Is "the pen is mightier than the sword?" Perhaps, but more than a few newspaper editors in the Wild California West bit the bullet over their bellicose words.
- [Cypress Lawn History: Believe It Or Not. Those Magnificent Mausoleums](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/cypress-lawn-history-believe-not-magnificent-mausoleums/) - If you want to build a classic mausoleum, starting saving early.
- [Getting Personal: Glass Front Niches at Cypress Lawn](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/getting-personal-glass-front-niches-at-cypress-lawn/) - It is a pictorial obituary on permanent display.
- [Cypress Lawn in Vintage Postcards](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/cypress-lawn-in-vintage-postcards-2/) - A quick trip back to the good old days.
- [Woodsmen of the World at Rest in Cypress Lawn](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/woodsmen-world-rest-cypress-lawn/) - Can you see the forest for the trees?
- [The Hells Angel Connection at Cypress Lawn](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/hells-angel-connection-cypress-lawn/) - Hell hath no fury like an angel.
- [The Mysterious Missing Floors at Lakeside Columbarium](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/mysterious-missing-floors-lakeside-columbarium/) - A well-kept Cypress Lawn secret is revealed.
- [Cypress Lawn History: Believe it or Not](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/cypress-lawn-history-believe-not/) - Where we speak of beer, wine, potato chips, and the fear of being buried alive.
- [Famous Cypress Lawn Residents: How Did They Perish?](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/famous-cypress-lawn-residents-perish/) - Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me – The Carriage held but just Ourselves – And Immortality.... ~Emily Dickinson, 1863
- [Mosaic Tableaux at Cypress Lawn](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/mosaic-tableaux-cypress-lawn/) - The idea is to die young as late as possible. ~Ashley Montagu
- [Who Am I? At Cypress Lawn](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/who-am-i-at-cypress-lawn/) - There are people who have money and people who are rich. ~Coco Chanel
- [Cremation - A Burning Question](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/cremation-burning-question/) - The modern trend of cremation began when the Queen’s personal surgeon created the Cremation Society of England. Germans built a substantial crematorium in 1878. Two years earlier, Dr. Francis Julius Le Moyne, a noted abolitionist and free thinker, had constructed the first American crematory in Pennsylvania, where its opening became national news. The major
- [The Da Vinci Church at Cypress Lawn](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/da-vinci-church-cypress-lawn/) - You don't need a code to find this memorial.
- [Play Ball! at Cypress Lawn](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/play-ball-cypress-lawn/) - We have at rest in our Memorial Park three important baseball personalities: one of the best players of all time, one of the most colorful managers, and the man who introduced the game to Japan. And, as we shall see, these gentlemen are all curiously connected. A legendary player, Lefty O'Doul, is a San Franciscan native
- [Unexpected Monuments: The Curious, The Offbeat, and The Daring](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/unexpected-monuments-curious-offbeat-daring/) - Over the years cemetery memorials across the U.S. have become more standardized. This is due in part to changing tastes, in part to cemetery regulations. Cypress Lawn has evolved with this trend, but on the East Campus and sections of the West Campus, there is an incredible variety of unusual and imaginative monuments. Most
- [Cypress Lawn Trivia: Match The Product With The Person](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/cypress-lawn-trivia-match-product-person/) - Some of the most important mausoleums and memorials at Cypress Lawn are built on the commercial fortunes of certain products. Can you connect the merchandise with the merchant? Hugh McCrum / Gustave Niebaun / Claus Spreckels / Andrew Jackson Pope / William Fuller / Gertrude Atherton / Raymond
- [The Most Potent Cocktail at Cypress Lawn](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/potent-cocktail-cypress-lawn/) - Widely served during the Gold Rush years and long thereafter, Pisco Punch was so potent that one writer of the day remarked that "it tastes like lemonade but comes back with the kick of a roped steer." Others said "it makes a gnat fight an elephant." Pisco is a late 16th century brandy made from Peruvian grapes
- [The Slot Machine King of Cypress Lawn](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/slot-machine-king-cypress-lawn/) - There are many people buried at Cypress Lawn who changed the world. Not the least is Charles Fey, who invented the slot machine. As a young man, he worked in France and London before emigrating at age twenty-three to New Jersey. Charles settled in San Francisco and started a company that produced and repaired
- [The Headless Man of Cypress Lawn](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/headless-man-cypress-lawn/) - His body is here. His head (skull) sits at the Warren Anatomical Museum in Boston. Phineas Gage is perhaps the most famous neurological patient in modern history, one of the "great medical curiosities of all time" and a "living part of medical folklore." Gage and his constant companion, the inscribed tamping iron sometime after 1849, seen in
- [The Story of Laurel Hill "Pioneer" Mound](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/story-laurel-hill-pioneer-mound/) - It was not by chance that when Laurel Hill Cemetery in San Francisco was ordered in 1937 by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to remove all its burials and abandon the Cemetery, the Board of Directors petitioned Cypress Lawn to accept the remains. Both institutions were cut from the same historic garden cemetery cloth.
- [The Great Earthquake Coverup](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/great-earthquake-coverup/) - "Everything you knew about the 1906 earthquake was a lie or an inaccuracy. If you repeat a lie long enough, it becomes the truth." ~ James Dalessandro, San Francisco historian
- [Resting at Cypress Lawn: The Genius Who Conquered San Francisco's Hills](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/resting-cypress-lawn-genius-conquered-san-franciscos-hills/) - Called “Hallidie’s Folly,” Andrew Hallidie certainly had the last laugh…all the way up the hill and to the bank. San Francisco is built on a terrain of steep hills. In its early days the only way for people and materials to conquer those inclines was by horse. This kept many prominent locations sparsely inhabited
- [Suffragists of Cypress Lawn](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/suffragists-cypress-lawn/) - 2020 is the centennial of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that granted voting rights to women. "Suffragists" is not a misspelling. People are more likely to use the word "suffragettes" for those women (and men) who were advocates of female voting. The battle for woman’s suffrage was in full force in both Britain
- [James C. Flood](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/james-c-flood/) - James Clair Flood 1939-2020. A Tribute. A member of the Cypress Lawn Cemetery Board of Directors for 31 years, "Jim" Flood passed away on February 22, 2020. He died as he lived. The avid outdoorsman suffered a heart attack after a day of downhill skiing near Jackson Hole, Wyoming. His passionate pursuit of duck hunting,
- [Exciting Changes Ahead: Announcing the Acquisition of Olivet Memorial Park](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/exciting-changes-ahead-announcing-acquisition-olivet-memorial-park/) - By Terry Hamburg, Director of the Cypress Lawn Heritage Foundation Cypress Lawn has purchased Olivet Memorial Park, which includes a crematory and a funeral home. This acquisition will improve our delivery systems for services, cremations, and receptions; reduce annual irrigation costs; and open up access to 8 additional acres of land for cemetery sales. Situated
- [The Great Pandemic of 1918-1919: The U.S. & Global Story](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/great-influenza-pandemic-1918-1919/) - The Invasion As World War I war rages on, Philadelphia throws a spectacular parade to promote the latest “Liberty Loan” bonds. Some 200,000 patriotic citizens jam the downtown sidewalks - “packed in like sardines,” one commentator says - to cheer two miles of marching bands, floats, and waves of uniformed troops. Within 72 hours of
- [The 1918 Pandemic in San Francisco: Who Was That Masked Man!?](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/1918-pandemic-san-francisco-masked-man/) - High noon. November 21, 1918. A blaring whistle heard throughout the city announces the Great Unmasking. Thousands of citizens flood outdoors for the occasion, and the masks fly off in unison. To shed them before noon is to break the law requiring everyone to wear facial coverings in public to stop the so-called Spanish flu - and the police
- [PART 2 of the Great 1918 Pandemic in San Francisco: “To Mask Or Not To Mask, That Is The Question.”](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/part-2-great-1918-pandemic-san-francisco-mask-not-mask-question/) - Part 1 looked at how San Francisco faced the great health crisis of 1918-1919. Link: https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/1918-pandemic-san-francisco-masked-man/ It is an “only in San Francisco” story. In no other city is the face mask more embraced by government officials during the Pandemic. Nowhere is the compliance more accepted. And nowhere is the compliance more conspicuously flaunted. Here
- [At Rest in Cypress Lawn: Charles Howard: King of Horsepower & King of Horses](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/rest-cypress-lawn-charles-howard-king-horsepower-king-horses/) - Charles Howard perched in the driver's seat of a 1906 Buick in San Francisco Upon his discharge from the Army in 1903, Charles Howard boards a train for San Francisco, arriving there with 21 cents in his pocket, or so he famously claimed. He becomes a self-made millionaire but first he had to un-make himself. Although his father was
- [AT REST AT CYPRESS LAWN: Henry Newhall: Entrepreneur Extraordinaire](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/blog/rest-cypress-lawn-henry-newhall-entrepreneur-extraordinaire/) - Arriving in San Francisco in July 1850 after a six month sea journey from Massachusetts, twenty-five year old auctioneer Henry Mayo Newhall made a beeline for the Sierra Nevada foothills in California. He was a little late. All the promising gold mining sites had already been claimed. Dejected, he returned to San Francisco to begin

## Events

- [Cypress Lawn’s Arboretum Day](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/cypress-lawns-arboretum-day/) - ⇒We invite you to join in the fun with us at Cypress Lawn Arboretum⇐
- [Cypress Lawn’s Night Tour- SOLD OUT](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/cypress-lawns-night-tour-3/) - It's back for a limited time! Join us on our fascinating one-of-a-kind night tour, where we share Cypress Lawn's edgier stories. Walk with us as we wind our way around Cypress Lawn's grand mausoleums and monuments, guided only by our lanterns and the moon. Our stories this evening will be slightly darker and edgier,
- [Cypress Lawn’s Stained-Glass Tour](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/cypress-lawns-stained-glass-tour-2/) - Take a leisurely walk through our catacombs and enjoy our 36,000 square feet of stained glass ceilings and windows. Join us for this once-a-year tour of our stained glass collection. purchase tickets
- [Cypress Lawn’s Victorian Days Tour](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/cypress-lawns-victorian-days-tour/) - Join us for a captivating docent-led Historical Trolley Tour through our beautiful grounds. Step back in time as you learn about the pioneers laid to rest at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park. You are welcome to enhance the experience by donning your finest Victorian attire, though it’s not a requirement. The tour will commence by the
- [Cypress Lawn’s Sports Tour](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/cypress-lawns-sports-tour-2/) - Sports Tour – From Boxing to Baseball! Join us for a fascinating tour of the final resting place of notable individuals from the World of Bay Area Sports. Did you know that San Francisco's Olympic Sporting Club started in the backyard of two Gold Rush artists who were also aspiring gymnasts? Or that some of
- [Cypress Lawn’s Beer & Spirits Tour](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/cypress-lawns-beer-spirits-trolley-tour/) - Ages 21+ Join us for a curated tasting, perfectly paired with tales of the brewmasters, bottle makers, and bootleggers interred at Cypress Lawn! Cypress Lawn’s Beer & Spirits Trolley Tour Before bottled water became a billion-dollar business, the Bay Area had beer. And when the Constitution canceled liquor, we got crafty and made cocktails. If
- [Cypress Lawn’s Wine Tour](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/cypress-lawns-wine-tasting-trolley-tour/) - Ages 21+ Join us for Cypress Lawn's Wine & Tasting Trolley Tour, where you'll indulge in fabulous wines and learn about the California Wine Industry. On this unique 3-hour tour of Cypress Lawn’s magnificent garden park, you’ll discover the tangled origins of the Northern California wine industry as you enjoy a curated selection of wines
- [Cypress Lawn’s Wine Tour](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/cypress-lawns-wine-tasting-trolley-tour-2/) - Ages 21+ Join us for Cypress Lawn's Wine & Tasting Trolley Tour, where you'll indulge in fabulous wines and learn about the California Wine Industry. On this unique 3-hour tour of Cypress Lawn’s magnificent garden park, you’ll discover the tangled origins of the Northern California wine industry as you enjoy a curated selection of wines
- [Cypress Lawn’s Silver & Gold Tour](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/cypress-lawns-silver-gold-tour-2/) - Shaped by its gold rushes, stock speculation, and the literal boom of the 1906 earthquake, San Francisco has a long and unique history when it comes to volatile financial markets. What will likely be the most relevant tour we will host all year, our Cypress Lawn Silver & Gold Trolley Tour takes guests on a
- [Cypress Lawn Wine Tour](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/cypress-lawn-wine-tour/) - On this unique 3-hour tour of Cypress Lawn’s magnificent garden park, you’ll discover the tangled origins of the Northern California wine industry as you enjoy a curated selection of wines and listen to colorful tales about some of the most influential winemakers, merchants, and growers laid to rest at Cypress Lawn. So hop on our
- [Cypress Lawn’s Women’s History Tour](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/cypress-lawns-womens-history-tour/) - Celebrate Women's History Month on our Cypress Lawn Women's History Tour! Join us as we uncover the remarkable stories of the women interred at Cypress Lawn who have left an indelible mark on their world. GET TICKETS
- [Spring Equinox Forest Bathing](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/spring-equinox-forest-bathing/) - Spring Equinox Forest Bathing @ Cypress Lawn Arboretum Witness the wonderment of deep rest among the gentle oaks and giant cypresses of our cherished Arboretum, embracing your senses as you slowly and mindfully move through this sacred landscape in a newly offered immersive experience at Cypress Lawn. This enchanting practice is perfect for those seeking
- [Cypress Lawn’s Black History Tour](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/cypress-lawns-black-history-tour/) - Join us for a historical trolley tour at Cypress Lawn! Don't miss this opportunity to connect with the past and celebrate the achievements of African Americans interred at Cypress Lawn. The tour will be held at 1370 El Camino Real, Colma, CA, 94014 Reserve a Spot
- [Cypress Lawn’s Holiday Remembrance Service](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/cypress-lawns-holiday-remembrance-service/)
- [Cypress Lawn’s Holiday Lighting Event – East Side Gardens](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/cypress-lawns-holiday-lighting-event-east-side-gardens-2/)
- [Cypress Lawn’s Movie Night – East Side Gardens](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/cypress-lawns-movie-night-east-side-gardens/)
- [Cypress Lawn’s Night Tour](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/cypress-lawns-night-tour-4/)
- [Dia De Los Muertos Event – Hillside Gardens](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/dia-de-los-muertos-event-hillside-gardens-2/)
- [Chung Yeung Chanting Event](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/chung-yeung-chanting-event-2/)
- [Chung Yeung Chanting Event](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/chung-yeung-chanting-event/)
- [Memorial Day Event – West Side Gardens](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/memorial-day-event-west-side-gardens/)
- [Ching Ming Chanting Event](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/ching-ming-chanting-event-2/)
- [Ching Ming Chanting Event](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/ching-ming-chanting-event/)
- [5K Run – Hillside & Olivet Gardens](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/5k-run-hillside-olivet-gardens/) - Get ready for a spooktacular fun run at the Cemetery! Join us for a thrilling adventure as we run through eerie paths surrounded by ghostly tales. Dress in your favorite costume and enjoy fun activities along the way, including spooky photo ops and treats! Two paths will be available for families looking for spooky fun
- [2025 Cypress Lawn Casino Night](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/2025-cypress-lawn-casino-night/) - Cypress Lawn Casino Night is back! Join us for an unforgettable evening that marks the start of another exciting year filled with unique events and tours, all to support our mission of preserving history and honoring those who came before us. Against a backdrop steeped in history, you'll have the chance to experience the thrill
- [Cypress Lawn's Holiday Lighting Event!](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/cypress-lawns-holiday-lighting-event-east-side-gardens/) - Celebrate the holiday season with us as we light up our Lakeside Columbarium with beautiful holiday lights. Bring your family and friends to enjoy the festive atmosphere. We will even have a visit from Santa Claus. Don't miss this special event filled with joy and cheer. We look forward to seeing you there! Light refreshments
- [Cypress Lawn's Remembrance Service](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/cypress-lawns-remembrance-service/) - Date & Time Wednesday, December 11, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Details The holidays are a time for togetherness, reflection, and love. At Cypress Lawn, we understand how meaningful it is to remember those who are no longer with us during this festive season. We invite you to join us at the Tiffany Chapel
- [Cypress Lawn's 5th Annual Arboretum Day](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/cypress-lawns-arboretum-day-2/) - Join us for Arboretum Day at East Campus! Celebrate trees, community, and education with family-friendly activities, live music, and a commemorative tree planting. Enjoy a free event featuring expert talks, tree-learning stations, and a complimentary lunch. Don't miss the 5th annual celebration of our historic living collection at Noble Chapel!
- [Cypress Lawn's Cinema Event - East Side Gardens](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/cypress-lawns-cinema-event-east-side-gardens/) - Did you see the new Beetlejuice movie in the theater? Would you like to see the original film that started it all? Would you like to see it in the most authentic setting possible? Then gather your friends and family and join us on Saturday, November 9th, at the historic Cypress Lawn for a thrilling
- [Cypress Lawn's Night Walking Tour](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/cypress-lawns-night-tour/) - SOLD OUT! This Tour is now SOLD OUT! Watch our event page for more upcoming events and tours! ______________________ Walk with us as we wind our way around Cypress Lawn's grand mausoleums and monuments, guided only by our lanterns and the moon. Our stories this evening will be slightly darker and edgier, so we don't
- [Cypress Lawn's Night Tour #2](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/cypress-lawns-night-tour-2/) - SOLD OUT! This Tour is now SOLD OUT! Watch our event page for more upcoming events and tours! __________________________________ Our Night Tour is so popular we added a second night! Walk with us as we wind our way around Cypress Lawn's grand mausoleums and monuments, guided only by our lanterns and the moon. Our stories
- [Cypress Lawn's Wine Tour](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/cypress-lawns-wine-tour-4/) - SOLD OUT: This event is sold out. Please check our event page for more upcoming events! _______________________ On this unique 3-hour tour of Cypress Lawn’s magnificent garden park, you’ll discover the tangled origins of the Northern California wine industry as you enjoy a curated selection of wines and listen to colorful tales about some of
- [CypressFest: Tree Climbing Competition](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/cypressfest-tree-climbing-competition/) - For education, celebration, and a bit of spirited competition, join us for a one-of-a-kind special event: the inaugural CypressFest Tree Climbing Competition!????This unique outdoor championship will be held on Saturday, September 14, at Cypress Lawn Arboretum & Memorial Park and feature five events, including the aerial rescue, the throw line, and the timed ascent. The
- [Cypress Lawn's Sports and Leisure Tour](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/cypress-lawns-sports-tour/) - Did you know that San Francisco's Olympic Sporting Club started in the backyard of two Gold Rush artists who were also aspiring gymnasts? Or that some of the biggest boxing matches of the 20th Century took place just past the city limits in the town of Colma? Or that the San Francisco Seals owner once
- [Cypress Lawn's Victorian Day](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/cypress-lawns-victorian-day/) - Join us on Saturday, August 10, at 11 a.m. for Cypress Lawn's Victorian Days Walking Tour in collaboration with the San Mateo County Historical Society. Step back in time on this FREE, docent-led, historical trolley tour where we'll explore our beautiful grounds and learn about the pioneers laid to rest at Cypress Lawn. Victorian attire
- [Cypress Lawn's Beer & Spirits Tour](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/cypress-lawns-beer-spirits-tour/) - Before bottled water became a billion-dollar business, the Bay Area had beer. And when the Constitution canceled liquor, we got crafty and made cocktails. If you're curious about the captivating origins of alcohol in the Bay Area, hop aboard our historic Cypress Lawn trolley. Join us for a thoughtfully curated tasting, a delightful journey of
- [Sunday Afternoon Lecture "Beyond Widow: Inspiration from the Trenches"](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/sunday-afternoon-lecture-beyond-widow-inspiration-from-the-trenches/) - Join us for an inspiring Sunday afternoon lecture where we go beyond the label of widow and find strength and motivation from real stories.
- [Cypress Lawn's Wine Tour](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/cypress-lawns-wine-tour-3/) - SOLD OUT! This tour is sold out. Please watch our event page for upcoming events and tours. On this unique 2-hour tour of Cypress Lawn’s magnificent garden park, you’ll discover the tangled origins of the Northern California wine industry as you enjoy a curated selection of wines and listen to colorful tales about some of
- [Cypress Lawn's Stained-Glass Tour](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/cypress-lawns-stained-glass-tour/) - Take a leisurely walk through our catacombs and enjoy our 36,000 square feet of stained glass ceilings and windows. Join us for this once-a-year tour of our stained glass collection. purchase ticket
- [Memorial Day Event](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/memorial-day-event/) - Every year Cypress Lawn pays tribute to all veterans for their service in defense of the freedom that we are all enjoying. All families and friends of veterans and the general public are welcome to join us in a moving memorial service for our fallen heroes. See the unique avenue of flags, enjoy live patriotic
- [Cypress Lawn's Wine Tour](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/cypress-lawns-wine-tour-2/) - THIS TOUR IS SOLD OUT! Spots are still open for our July Wine Tour __________________ On this unique 2-hour tour of Cypress Lawn’s magnificent garden park, you’ll discover the tangled origins of the Northern California wine industry as you enjoy a curated selection of wines and listen to colorful tales about some of the most
- [“Dancing on the Brink of the World" Monterey Cypress Showcase](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/dancing-on-the-brink-of-the-world-arboretum-program/) - “Dancing on the Brink of the World” returns, for a growing reprise of last year’s inaugural event. In celebration of national Arbor Day, Arboretum Director Josh Gevertz will host a special showcase experience of our namesake tree, the Monterey cypress. Hop aboard the famed Cypress Lawn trolley for an immersive visit to generations-old cypresses on
- [Cypress Lawn's Silver & Gold Tour](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/cypress-lawns-silver-gold-tour/) - Join us for an exciting trolley tour at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park! Explore the beauty of our grounds while learning about the rich history of pioneers buried here, many of whom were involved in the Comstock and mining during the gold rush era and beyond. Don't miss out on this unique experience! purchase ticket
- [Cypress Lawn's Women's History Month Tour](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/cypress-lawns-womens-history-month-tour/) - This tour is SOLD OUT! Please watch the event page for upcoming events and tours. Celebrate Women's History Month on our Trolley Tour as we shine a spotlight on significant women, often overshadowed by powerful husbands. Join us as we uncover the remarkable stories of women who have left indelible marks on Northern California, the
- [Sunday Afternoon Lecture "Beyond Widow: Inspiration from the Trenches”](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/book-signing-with-beyond-widow-author-patty-mcguigan/) - Come join us for an inspiring afternoon at Olivet Gardens of Cypress Lawn Memorial Park as we delve into the topic of moving beyond widowhood. Our guest speakers will share their personal stories and offer insights on finding inspiration during challenging times. This in-person event promises to be enlightening and uplifting. Don't miss out on
- [Cypress Lawn's Black History Month Tour](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/cypress-lawns-black-history-month-tour/) - Join us for a historical trolley tour at Cypress Lawn! Don't miss this opportunity to connect with the past and celebrate the achievements of African Americans interred at Cypress Lawn. The tour will be held at 1370 El Camino Real, Colma, CA, 94014. Click Here to RSVP
- [Cypress Lawn's Wine Tour](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/cypress-lawns-wine-tour/) - On this unique 2-hour tour of Cypress Lawn's magnificent garden park, you'll discover the tangled origins of the Northern California wine industry as you enjoy a curated selection of wines and listen to colorful tales about some of the most influential winemakers, merchants, and growers laid to rest at Cypress Lawn. So hop on our
- [Dia De Los Muertos Event - Hillside Gardens](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/dia-de-los-muertos-event-hillside-gardens/) - More information coming soon.
- [Chung Yeung Event - Hillside Gardens](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/chung-yeung-event-hillside-gardens/) - More information coming soon.
- [Ching Ming Event - Hillside Gardens](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/ching-ming-event-hillside-gardens/) - More Information Coming Soon
- [Cypress Lawn Casino Night](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/cypress-lawn-casino-night/) - Join us for an evening of glamour, excitement, and a touch of luck at the inaugural Cypress Lawn Casino Night on January 27th, starting at 6:00 PM! This unique night marks the grand debut of the Heritage Foundation Resource Center — a hub dedicated to providing valuable information about Cypress Lawn, extensive genealogy research, and
- [4TH ANNUAL ARBORETUM DAY](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/event/4th-annual-arboretum-day/) - Location: East Campus of Cypress Lawn Arboretum | 1363 El Camino Real, Colma, CA 94014 Date & Time: November 18 @ 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM Friends, neighbors, and tree-lovers near and far, you are invited to celebrate the autumnal tree planting holiday of Colma, Arboretum Day! This free and fun event for the whole

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- [cypress lawn famous people](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/cypress-lawn-famous-people/)
- [devil memorial](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/devil-memorial/)
- [cypress lawn memorials](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/cypress-lawn-memorials/)
- [egyptian style memorials at Cypress Lawn](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/egyptian-style-memorials-at-cypress-lawn/)
- [Hugh Whittell](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/hugh-whittell/)
- [famous epitaphs](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/famous-epitaphs/)
- [Al Hirschfeld](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/al-hirschfeld/)
- [Beach Blanket Babylon](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/beach-blanket-babylon/)
- [Steve Silver](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/steve-silver/)
- [Bacchus/Wine Memorial](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/bacchuswine-memorial/)
- [Raymond Signorello](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/raymond-signorello/)
- [Signorello Estate](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/signorello-estate/)
- [Winemakers buried at Cypress Lawn](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/winemakers-buried-at-cypress-lawn/)
- [angel statuary as cemetery memorials](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/angel-statuary-as-cemetery-memorials/)
- [California history](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/california-history/)
- [Henry Cowell](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/henry-cowell/)
- [Coit Tower](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/coit-tower/)
- [Cypress Lawn Heritage Foundation](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/cypress-lawn-heritage-foundation/)
- [Lily Coit Hitchcock](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/lily-coit-hitchcock/)
- [San Francisco History](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/san-francisco-history/)
- [Cypress Lawn Cemetery history](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/cypress-lawn-cemetery-history/)
- [Hamden Holmes Noble](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/hamden-holmes-noble/)
- [cypress lawn history](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/cypress-lawn-history/)
- [Christmas at Cypress Lawn](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/christmas-at-cypress-lawn/)
- [Cypyress Lawn](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/cypyress-lawn/)
- [Lucky Baldwin](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/lucky-baldwin/)
- [Nevada Comstock lode](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/nevada-comstock-lode/)
- [San Francisco gold rush](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/san-francisco-gold-rush/)
- [angels at cypress lawn](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/angels-at-cypress-lawn/)
- [stained glass](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/stained-glass/)
- [Bernard Cahill](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/bernard-cahill/)
- [cypress lawn birds](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/cypress-lawn-birds/)
- [Hamden Holmes Nobele](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/hamden-holmes-nobele/)
- [Mt. Auburn cemetery](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/mt-auburn-cemetery/)
- [rural cemetery movement](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/rural-cemetery-movement/)
- [early train service to cypress lawn](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/early-train-service-to-cypress-lawn/)
- [Charles de Young](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/charles-de-young/)
- [James King of William](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/james-king-of-william/)
- [San Francisco Commmittees of Vigilance](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/san-francisco-commmittees-of-vigilance/)
- [San Francisco Gold Rush hitory](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/san-francisco-gold-rush-hitory/)
- [Andrew Jackson Pope](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/andrew-jackson-pope/)
- [cost of mausoleums](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/cost-of-mausoleums/)
- [James Flood](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/james-flood/)
- [Mausoleums at Cypress Lawn](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/mausoleums-at-cypress-lawn/)
- [Paul Kalmanovitz](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/paul-kalmanovitz/)
- [9-11](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/9-11/)
- [creamtion](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/creamtion/)
- [decorated glass front niches](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/decorated-glass-front-niches/)
- [glass front niches](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/glass-front-niches/)
- [niches](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/niches/)
- [Cypress Lawn Noble Chapel](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/cypress-lawn-noble-chapel/)
- [Vintage postcards](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/vintage-postcards/)
- [funeral insurance](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/funeral-insurance/)
- [funeral memorials](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/funeral-memorials/)
- [Woodsmen of the World](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/woodsmen-of-the-world/)
- [Celebrities at Cypress Lawn](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/celebrities-at-cypress-lawn/)
- [Hells Angels](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/hells-angels/)
- [Columbarium](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/columbarium/)
- [Lakeside Columbarium](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/lakeside-columbarium/)
- [Mediterrean architecture](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/mediterrean-architecture/)
- [Gustave Neibaum](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/gustave-neibaum/)
- [Inglenook wine](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/inglenook-wine/)
- [Paul Kamanovitz](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/paul-kamanovitz/)
- [Broderick-Terry Duel](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/broderick-terry-duel/)
- [Lincoln Beachy](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/lincoln-beachy/)
- [William Randolph Hearst](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/william-randolph-hearst/)
- [cremated remains niches](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/cremated-remains-niches/)
- [mosaic funerary art](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/mosaic-funerary-art/)
- [Cremation](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/cremation/)
- [Cypress Lawn Cremation Society](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/cypress-lawn-cremation-society/)
- [Cypress lawn celebrities](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/cypress-lawn-celebrities/)
- [Daniel Murphy](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/daniel-murphy/)
- [Leonardo de Vinci](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/leonardo-de-vinci/)
- [Baseball History](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/baseball-history/)
- [History of Japanese baseball](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/history-of-japanese-baseball/)
- [Horace Wilson](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/horace-wilson/)
- [Joe DiMaggio](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/joe-dimaggio/)
- [Lefty O'Doul](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/lefty-odoul/)
- [Paul Irving Fagan](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/paul-irving-fagan/)
- [San Francisco Seals](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/san-francisco-seals/)
- [Cyrpess Lawn Memorial Park](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/cyrpess-lawn-memorial-park/)
- [Cyypress Lawn trivia questions](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/cyypress-lawn-trivia-questions/)
- [San Francisco Bay Area history](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/san-francisco-bay-area-history/)
- [cemetery archictecture](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/cemetery-archictecture/)
- [duncan nichol](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/duncan-nichol/)
- [pisco punch](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/pisco-punch/)
- [Charles Fey](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/charles-fey/)
- [gambling in san francisco](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/gambling-in-san-francisco/)
- [history of the slot machine](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/history-of-the-slot-machine/)
- [Inventor of the slot machine](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/inventor-of-the-slot-machine/)
- [Laurel Hill Cemetery in San Francisco](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/laurel-hill-cemetery-in-san-francisco/)
- [nineteenth century head injuries](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/nineteenth-century-head-injuries/)
- [nineteenth century medicine](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/nineteenth-century-medicine/)
- [Phineas Gage](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/phineas-gage/)
- [phrenology](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/phrenology/)
- [cemetery removal in San Francisco](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/cemetery-removal-in-san-francisco/)
- [Charles Nahl](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/charles-nahl/)
- [David Broderick](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/david-broderick/)
- [garden cemeteries](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/garden-cemeteries/)
- [James Van Ness](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/james-van-ness/)
- [Laurel Hill "Pioneer" Mound](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/laurel-hill-pioneer-mound/)
- [Gladys Hansen](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/gladys-hansen/)
- [Richard Hansen](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/richard-hansen/)
- [San Francisco earthquake of 1906](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/san-francisco-earthquake-of-1906/)
- [Andrew Hallidie](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/andrew-hallidie/)
- [History of the San Franicisco cable car](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/history-of-the-san-franicisco-cable-car/)
- [Pioneer Mound at Cypress Lawn](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/pioneer-mound-at-cypress-lawn/)
- [women's suffrage](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/womens-suffrage/)
- [famous people at Cypress Lawn cemetery in Colma](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/famous-people-at-cypress-lawn-cemetery-in-colma/)
- [Flood Building San Francisco](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/flood-building-san-francisco/)
- [San Francisco architecture](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/san-francisco-architecture/)
- [Flu Pandemic of 1918](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/flu-pandemic-of-1918/)
- [Flu Pandemic of 1918 in San Francisco](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/flu-pandemic-of-1918-in-san-francisco/)
- [cypress lawn memorial park in colma](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/cypress-lawn-memorial-park-in-colma/)
- [history of aviation](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/history-of-aviation/)
- [Lincoln Beachey](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/lincoln-beachey/)
- [San Francisco in the Pandemic of 1918](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/san-francisco-in-the-pandemic-of-1918/)
- [Charles Howard](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/charles-howard/)
- [First Buick dealership in California](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/first-buick-dealership-in-california/)
- [horseracing](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/horseracing/)
- [Seabiscuit](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/seabiscuit/)
- [Henry Newhall](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/henry-newhall/)
- [history of Newhall](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/history-of-newhall/)
- [history of Santa Clarita](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/history-of-santa-clarita/)
- [history of Saugus](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/history-of-saugus/)
- [Newhall Ranch](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/newhall-ranch/)
- [Southern Pacific railroad](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/southern-pacific-railroad/)
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- [cork oak](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/cork-oak/)
- [Mark Wessels](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/mark-wessels/)
- [Dave Teuschler](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/dave-teuschler/)
- [Christopher Campbell](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/christopher-campbell/)
- [Stephen Hosford](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/stephen-hosford/)
- [Cypress Tree](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/cypress-tree/)
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- [Hespero](https://cypresslawnheritagefoundation.org/tag/hespero/)

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