Public Art and Architecture from Around the World

Tag: cemetery

  • A Duel Fought Over Slavery

    A Duel Fought Over Slavery

    The site is in an unamed park Off of Lake Merced Boulevard Access is available off of El Portal Way near number 79 Daly City just South of the San Francisco City Limits Just after the discovery of gold the State of California found that its citizens were as divided as the rest of the…

  • Historic Odd Fellows Columbarium

    1 Loraine Court Inner Richmond I recently attended a service at this columbarium for Alice Carey.  Alice was a friend and one of America’s most respected historic architects. On the cover of her memorial brochure was this photograph: I knew it was time for me to explore the history of the columbarium and bring it…

  • National Cemetery

    Presidio 1 Lincoln Boulevard This is the entrance to the National Cemetery within the San Francisco Presidio. In 1885, the War Department issued general order no 133 designating 9.5 acres west of the Main Post as San Francisco National Cemetery. This site was not the first burial ground at the Presidio. Others existed well before…

  • Tekakwitha Lily of the Mohawk

    Mission Dolores Cemetery 16th and Mission The Mission District Saint Kateri Tekakwitha  baptised as Catherine Tekakwitha and informally known as Lily of the Mohawks (1656 – April 17, 1680), is a Roman Catholic saint, who was an Algonquin–Mohawk virgin and religious laywoman. Born in Auriesville (now part of New York), she survived smallpox and was orphaned as a child, then baptized as a Roman Catholic and settled for the last years of…

  • Father Junipero Serra

    Mission Dolores 16th and Dolores The Mission District This sculpture, found inside the cemetery is by Arthur Putnam.  The cast stone sculpture is one of a series of allegorical figures originally commissioned to depict the history of California for the estate of E. W. Scripps. This cast was funded by D. J. McQuarry at the cost…

  • Mission Dolores Cemetery

    16th and Dolores The Mission District Mission Dolores is one of my favorite places in all of San Francisco.  I try to visit at least once every two months or so.  The history of the mission is well know to every Californian (we are required to study them in the 2nd grade), so I will…

  • Philadelphia – June 16, 2011

    I am in Philadelphia and I hate doing the classic tourist stuff, so sorry, you won’t see a picture of the Liberty Bell, but this is pretty touristy as things go.  This is Christ Church Burial Ground.  I love cemeteries, they are so full of history, even if you don’t know anything about the people buried there,…