Union Cemetery (Redwood City, California)

Union Cemetery
Memorial Day ceremonies at the Civil War memorial.
Union Cemetery
Union Cemetery
Union Cemetery
Location 316 Woodside Rd., Redwood City, California
Coordinates 37°28′26″N 122°13′24″W / 37.4738267°N 122.2232990°W / 37.4738267; -122.2232990[2]Coordinates: 37°28′26″N 122°13′24″W / 37.4738267°N 122.2232990°W / 37.4738267; -122.2232990[2]
Area 6.5 acres (2.6 ha)
Built 1859 (1859)
NRHP reference # 83001237[3]
CHISL # 816[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP August 25, 1983
Designated CHISL 1967

Union Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Woodside Road (CA 84) near El Camino Real in Redwood City, San Mateo County, California. The cemetery was named a California Historical Landmark #816 in 1967, then added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[4]

History

Founded in 1859, this is the site of the first burial ground in San Mateo County, which was originally located just outside the town limits for Redwood City.[5][4] The cemetery officially closed in 1918, but it was used for many years after that for burial for the poor.[5] There are special cemetery plots for the Masonic Order, members of the International Order of Odd Fellows and the California volunteers who fought during the Civil War.[5]

Soldier statue

The life sized metal sculpture of a civil war veteran was erected during the 1889 for a Memorial Day celebration, the earliest celebration on the Peninsula.[5] The statue was paid for by Jane Lathrop Stanford.[6] It has been vandalized in 1958, 1959 and 1969, but subsequently repaired and in 1999 it was replaced with a replica constructed with more durable material.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Union Cemetery". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
  2. 1 2 "Union Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 6 April 1998. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  3. ↑ National Park Service (2013-11-02). "National Register Information System – (#83001237)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  4. 1 2 "National Register #83001237: Union Cemetery in Redwood City, California". NoeHill Travels in California. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Svanevik, Michael; Burgett, Shirley (2017-06-01). "Matters Historical: Why Union Cemetery is a California Historical Landmark". The Mercury News. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
  6. 1 2 Levy, Joan (2004-05-31). "Guarding Union Cemetery again". San Mateo Daily Journal. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
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