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 American burial ground in San Mateo County, and was originally located just outside the town limits of Redwood City.[5][4] The cemetery officially closed in 1918, but it was used for many years after that for burial of 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 1889 for a Memorial Day celebration, the earliest such celebration on the Peninsula.[5] The statue was paid for by Jane Lathrop Stanford.[6] It was vandalized in 1958, 1959 and 1969, but was subsequently repaired, and in 1999 it was replaced with a replica constructed of more durable material.[5][6]
Notable graves
- Lester Phillip Cooley (1837–1882) was an early pioneer of East Palo Alto and Cooley Landing.[7]
- John Howell Sears (1823–1907) was an early pioneer of Searsville and La Honda.[8]
- Sarah Wallis (1825–1905) was an early Anglophone settler in California and first President of the California Woman Suffrage Educational Association.[9]
Gallery
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See also
- California Historical Landmarks in San Mateo County, California
- National Register of Historic Places listings in San Mateo County, California
- Pioneer cemetery
- San Mateo County History Museum
- Union (American Civil War)
References
- ^ "National Register Information System – (#83001237)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ "Union Cemetery". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
- ^ "Union Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 6 April 1998. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ a b "National Register #83001237: Union Cemetery in Redwood City, California". NoeHill Travels in California. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
- ^ a b c d e Svanevik, Michael; Burgett, Shirley (2017-06-01). "Matters Historical: Why Union Cemetery is a California Historical Landmark". The Mercury News. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
- ^ a b Levy, Joan (2004-05-31). "Guarding Union Cemetery again". San Mateo Daily Journal. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
- ^ Baxter, R. Scott; Allen, Rebecca; Hylkema, Mark G. (August 2007). "Cooley Landing Cultural Resource Inventory and Assessment" (PDF). Palo Alto Online. Past Forward, Inc.
- ^ "John Sears". Historic Union Cemetery. Redwood City Democrat. June 20, 1907. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ^ Staiger, Steve. "Sarah Wallis: A 20th-century life in the 19th century". Palo Alto Online. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
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