Evergreen Cemetery (Los Angeles)
Cemetery in Boyle Heights, California / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Evergreen Memorial Park & Crematory is a cemetery in the East Side neighborhood of Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California.
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Established | 1877 (1877) |
Location | 204 N. Evergreen Avenue Los Angeles, California |
Coordinates | 34.0402899°N 118.1978499°W / 34.0402899; -118.1978499[1] |
Type | Private |
Size | 67 acres (27 ha) |
No. of graves | >300,000 |
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Evergreen has several prominent individuals of historical Southern California on its grounds. Many pioneers are interred here, names such as Bixby, Coulter, Hollenbeck, Lankershim, Van Nuys, and Workman.[2] There are politicians, notably former Mayors of Los Angeles. The Garden of the Pines section of the cemetery is a memorial to Japanese Issei pioneers.