Memorial Chapel - Forest Lawn - Long Beach, CA
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N 33° 50.656 W 118° 10.158
11S E 391818 N 3745504
The Memorial Chapel at Forest Lawn in Long Beach, CA.
Waymark Code: WMWK0G
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 09/13/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member PISA-caching
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About the Chapel: "The Memorial Chapel, in adobe and red tile architecture, also reflects early California's Spanish and Mexican lineage. Created by Benjamin Mako and his team of artists, the stained glass windows display California history from 1769 to 1909. Beyond the stained glass window there is a carved reredos leading toward the mural interpretation of The Ascension of Christ, created by R. Brownell McGrew." (visit link)

About the cemetery: "Forest Lawn-Long Beach is a 38-acre mortuary and memorial garden in Long Beach, California, United States. The gardens were established as Sunnyside Memorial Gardens in 1921 by Cecil E. Bryan, Sr., an entrepreneur whose family operated the facility for three generations. Sunnyside was one of the first major cemeteries in Long Beach. Over the years it served the local area, but fell into disrepair by the 1970s. and was purchased in 1978 by Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries. They renovated the facility, and renamed it Forest Lawn - Sunnyside in deference to its history—later changed to Forest Lawn - Long Beach to match their other properties." (visit link)
Denomination of Chapel or Cemetery (if applicable): None

Active Chapel?: yes

Main Construction Material of Chapel: stone

Description of Cemetery added in Long Description: yes

Date of Chapel Construction: Not listed

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