Agnews Historical Cemetery - Santa Clara, CA
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N 37° 24.066 W 121° 57.205
10S E 592630 N 4139883
Burial of the 112 victims of the 1906 earthquack who died at Agnews Residential Facility. There are 112 bodies buried.
Waymark Code: WM63WC
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 03/29/2009
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"There is no public access to the cemetery which is fenced and has no visible headstones. You may view the cemetery from a platform in the building which will house the museum.
Agnews Historic Cemetery is in what is known today as the world famous Sun Microsystems/Agnews Developmental Center. In 1885 the Agnews Residential Facility was established by the California State Legislature as a neuropsychiatric institution for the care and treatment of the mentally ill. Agnews, opened in 1889, was the third institution in the state established for the mentally ill. Twenty-one years later, the greatest tragedy for Santa Clara County because of the San Francisco 1906 earthquake took place at the old Agnews State Hospital. The multi-storied, unreinforced masonry building crumbled, killing 112 patients and staff some of which were buried at the site.
Refurbishing of the historic Agnews cemetery and a monument to victims of the 1906 earthquake is planned." (
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