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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Plan includes site plan and bird's-eye view of park in surrounding area Plan enclosed in decorative border resembling brick and stone work The name of Central Memorial Park has been changed to Westminster Memorial Park 1924 Cook & Hall, landscape architects, I.W. Hellman Bldg., Los Angeles, California Wilbur D. Cook, George D. Hall, Fellows A.S.L.A.; Ralph D. Cornell, M.L.A. Descriptive text reads in part: 160 acres of comparatively level land ... a scientifically planned modern cemetery for the interment of the dead in park like surroundings ... While formal in the scheme ... so arranged as to develope much informality of outline ... central motif will consist of a distinctive architectural group, including Chapels, Crematory and Mausoleum ... seats and statuary ... complete deep drainage system ... modern sprinkler system ... Careful restrictions as to the use of monuments head stones and markers ... no fences or other evidences of lot boundaries Central Memorial Park, Orange County, California J.M. Mc.Kenzie, genl. mgr., Security Bank Building, Long Beach Labels on plan: Huntington Beach Boulevard, Bolsa Avenue, memorial plaza, court of the poets, [drives named for many poets], Westminster parterre, reserve
Type
image
Identifier
uclamss_1411_0023 0023 ark:/21198/zz002b5w22
Language
English
Subject
Graves International Cemeteries Environment Parterres Irrigation systems Memorial parks Crematories Mausoleums Culture Funeral chapels Landscape architecture Westminster Memorial Park (Westminster, Calif.)
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