{"nrhp_refnum":"99000550","name":"Hollywood Cemetery","other_names":["Hollywood Forever"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"6000 Santa Monica Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Los Angeles","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.089068455000046,"lon":-118.31897432265134,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-05-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Exploration/Settlement","Social History","Architecture","Landscape Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetery (also called Hollywood Cemetery or Hollywood Forever) is a roughly 62-acre lawn-park cemetery at 6000 Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles, founded in 1899, with mausoleums, a columbarium, a crematory, memorials and a bell tower.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as the first cemetery built in Hollywood and one of the earliest lawn-park cemeteries in California. It is also significant for its Italian Renaissance, Classical Revival, Egyptian Revival and Spanish-style architecture and landscaping, and for its burials of many figures from the film industry. The form states the integrity is high despite the loss of the original chapel, bell tower and a lake.","narrative":"Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetery, also known as Hollywood Forever, occupies about 62 acres along Santa Monica Boulevard in central Los Angeles. Founded in 1899 on land once part of a larger homestead, it was the first cemetery in Hollywood and is described as an early California example of the lawn-park type, with rolling lawns, low monuments and approved styles for family crypts. In 1920 about 40 acres on the south side were sold to Paramount Pictures and RKO Radio Pictures. The grounds include the Hollywood Cathedral Mausoleum, the Abbey of the Psalms, a columbarium, the Beth Olam Mausoleum, a crematory, the Eliza Otis Bell Tower, the William Clark Jr. Memorial and the Douglas Fairbanks Sr. Memorial with its reflecting pool. The original chapel, bell tower and a central lake no longer exist. The nomination ties the cemetery to the growth of Hollywood and to many film-industry burials, and it identifies 1899 to 1939 as the period when major construction and landscaping took place.","period_of_significance":"1899-1939","architect_builder":"Marston & Van Pelt; Marston & Maybury; Morgan, Walls & Clements; Robert Farquhar (additional architects listed in the report and Addendum A)","architectural_style":"Italian Renaissance, Egyptian Revival, Classical Revival, Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in cemetery and mortuary use. The Chapel of the Psalms was undergoing restoration in 1998-99, and the Southland Masonic Lodge in the Italian Renaissance complex is described as abandoned.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:26.82786-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/99000550.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000550/30cfa619a9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000550/30cfa619a9-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Gary Minnaert (Minnaert))","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HollywoodForeverCemetary01.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Gary Minnaert (Minnaert))</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HollywoodForeverCemetary01.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859202","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Forever_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1624932"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/hollywood-cemetery-99000550/"}