River View Cemetery (Portland, Oregon)

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River View Cemetery

Memorial to veterans of the Spanish American War
Cemetery Details
Year established: 1882
Country: United States
Location: Portland, Oregon
Coordinates: 45°27′44″N 122°40′26″W / 45.46222, -122.67389Coordinates: 45°27′44″N 122°40′26″W / 45.46222, -122.67389
Type: Private
Owned by: River View Cemetery Association
Website: official site

River View Cemetery in the southwest section of Portland, Oregon, United States, is a non-profit cemetery founded in 1882. It is the final resting place of many prominent and notable citizens of Oregon, including many governors and United States Senators.[1] Other notable burials include the Weinhard family, football player Lyle Alzado, and Carl Mays the baseball player who killed an opposing player with a pitch in a Major League game.[2][3]

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[edit] History

River View Cemetery was founded as a non-profit cemetery by William S. Ladd, James Terwilliger, Henry Failing, Henry Corbett, Henry Pittock, Simon Benson, and others in 1882.[4] All those who joined co-owned the cemetery.[4] In 1902 a Roll Call statue was added to honor the 165 Oregonians that died in the Spanish-American War.[4] The first adult burial was Dr. William Henry Watkins.[5] In the 1940s a 135 person chapel was added, designed by Pietro Belluschi.[6]

[edit] Facilities

Overlooking the Willamette River, the cemetery has a variety of mausoleums including the Hilltop Garden Mausoleum and Main Mausoleum.[6] There are also private mausoleums and crypts.[6] River View is an endowment care cemetery as defined by the state of Oregon.[7]

[edit] Notable burials

Henry W. Corbett
Henry W. Corbett
Abigail Scott Duniway
Abigail Scott Duniway
Grave of Henry W. Scott
Grave of Henry W. Scott
Grave of Henry Weinhard
Grave of Henry Weinhard

[edit] References

Burial marker at the cemetery.
Burial marker at the cemetery.
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Multnomah County, Oregon: River View Cemetery. The Politcal Graveyard. Retrieved on March 12, 2008.
  2. ^ James, Peet. Necropolitan: Portland's most interesting residents don't walk the streets. At least you'd better hope they don't. Willamette Week. Retrieved on March 12, 2008.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i River View Cemetery. Find A Grave. Retrieved on March 12, 2008.
  4. ^ a b c History. River View Cemetery. Retrieved on March 12, 2008.
  5. ^ The Doctor in Oregon. Alibris. Retrieved on March 12, 2008.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Welcome to River View Cemetery. River View Cemetery. Retrieved on February 6, 2008.
  7. ^ List of Endowment Care Cemeteries. Oregon Division of Finance and Corporate Securities. Retrieved on March 12, 2008.
  8. ^ Horne, Peter. Policewomen: Their First Century and the New Era. The Police Chief, vol. 73, no. 9, September 2006. Retrieved on March 10, 2008.
  9. ^ Dorothy McCullough Lee. Portland Online. Retrieved on March 10, 2008.
  10. ^ Portland Online: First Chief Engineer of Portland's Water System
  11. ^ The Oregon History Project: Henry Weinhard. Oregon Historical Society. Retrieved on June 27, 2007.

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