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The Italian Cemetery (Colma, California)

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in June 1879. Eighteen years later, in June 1897, the Board of Supervisors passed a resolution prohibiting new burials within the city limits of San Francisco by January 1898. The Society filed suit against the city, but it was dismissed. Later that year, the Society applied for a permit to establish
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On December 31, 1898, the Society purchased a property on F Street in Colma for the new Italian Cemetery; since then, it has expanded to both sides of F Street, covering 35 acres (14 ha) in total. John (Giovanni) Fugazi, a prominent San Francisco banker, sponsored a monument for the new
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Many of the early records were lost following an arson on August 4, 1923, when the cemetery office was burned and numerous headstones were overturned. In 1978, the cemetery was reorganized as an independent, non-profit corporation.
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The Receiving Vault is one of the oldest structures onsite; it was designed by John A. Porporato and completed in 1904. Porporato's initial plans for a mortuary chapel were accepted in 1902 and shown in 1903.
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a new Italian Cemetery in the Villa Homestead Association of Colma; neighboring property owners protested, and the permit was denied, setting a precedent for where cemeteries could be placed.
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began preparing to move the remains from the old Italian Cemetery. An appropriation of $ 7,500 was made by the Board of Supervisors to purchase the land and expand the golf course in
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The expansion, north of F Street, contains a public mausoleum and chapel designed by Robert K. Overstreet and Arthur Stern Studios, which won
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In 1909, San Francisco announced it was planning to convert Golden Gate (City) Cemetery into a park; a decade later, in 1919,
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La Società Italiana di Mutua Beneficenza (the Italian Benevolent Society) maintained a section of
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was founded in 1899 and is located at 540 F Street in
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El Camino Real
Colma, California
Coordinates
37°40′57″N 122°27′38″W / 37.6824°N 122.4606°W / 37.6824; -122.4606
www.italiancemetery.com
Find a Grave
The Italian Cemetery
Colma, California
San Francisco Bay Area
City Cemetery
San Francisco
Board of Supervisors
John McLaren
Lincoln Park
American Institute of Architects
Archway over entrance from F Street
Receiving Vault, designed by John A. Porporato
Tree-lined Colombo Avenue
Modern mausoleums north of F Street
Fred Apostoli
Brian Bianchini
Jay Lawrence
Joe Orengo
Major League Baseball
Robert S. Pastorino
Kevin Restani
National Basketball Association
Cal Tjader
Latin Jazz

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