Chapel - Golden Gate National Cemetery - San Bruno, CA - Cemetery Chapels on Waymarking.com

ABOUT THE CHAPEL (from the NRHP): "The basic form and architectural design of the chapel/restroom/maintenance facility mirrors that of the administration office/lodge. It is a single -story building approximately 100’ northwest of the main gate. The Mediterranean Revival chapel/restroom/maintenance facility is T -shaped in plan. The northern portion of the building is a long rectangle crossed by a southern elongated octagon. The rectangular portion of the building houses the maintenance facilities and restrooms, whereas the octagonal portion of the building houses the chapel. Also completed May 15, 1941, this building sits atop a concrete foundation and has California granite exterior walls, which are periodically clad in stucco, and an irregularly hipped roof with terracotta tile. The southern elongated octagonal section of the building features a combination of stucco painted white and California granite exterior walls topped by a California granite entablature measuring approximately 1½’ below the roofline. This section of this building lies about 100’ northwest of the main gate and is used as a small chapel for memorial services. An open- air portico at the southwest end of the building holds t he chapel entrance. The portico faces northeast and includes carved low -relief ornamentation including California granite quoins, a bracket centered in the northeast -facing entrance and southeast -facing window arches, and a bracketed pilaster facing east. A wrought -iron grille secures the southeast-facing window. The interior of the portico is California granite. The entrance to the chapel consists of a double wood-paneled door in a simple California granite surround. The southwest elevation of the chapel includes three bays of double- sash, multi -light doors. A single wrought- iron balconet serves all three. These doors are covered by metal storm windows. 7 The southwest elevations mimic those of the portico in form and include a centered pilaster topped by a large decorative bracket, but lack fenestration and are not open- air. The interior of the chapel is simple and elegant with a red ceramic tile floor and neoclassical finis hes including a paneled ceiling; dentiled crown moulding with a fluted pilaster demarking the separation between the altar and the nave; pedimented altar set on a marble floor in a checkerboard pattern; suspended light fixtures of opaque glass and delicate metalwork, and wooden pews flanking a center aisle." (visit link)

ABOUT THE CEMETERY: "Golden Gate National Cemetery is a United States national cemetery in California, located in the city of San Bruno, 12 miles (20 km) south of San Francisco. Because of the name and location, it is frequently confused with San Francisco National Cemetery, which dates to the 19th century and is in the Presidio of San Francisco, in view of the Golden Gate. Around 1937, San Francisco residents voted to bar the opening of new cemeteries within the city proper and, as a result, the site for the new national cemetery was selected south of the city limits in adjacent San Mateo County." (visit link)

Date of Chapel Construction: 1941 Denomination of Chapel or Cemetery (if applicable): None Active Chapel?: yes Main Construction Material of Chapel: granite Description of Cemetery added in Long Description: yes

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