Woodlawn Cemetery

GPS Coordinates: 34.016984, -118.476136
County: Los Angeles
Record count: 158

Ownership: City of Santa Monica, CA

Directions: Located in Santa Monica at the corner of Pico Blvd and 14th St.

Background: Woodlawn Cemetery was established in 1884 as one of the city’s earliest formal burial grounds. Originally a modest rural cemetery, it expanded and modernized throughout the 20th century with landscaped grounds, mausoleums, and memorial gardens. It became the final resting place for many notable figures from Los Angeles and the entertainment industry. In 1897, the cemetery was deeded to the City of Santa Monica by Juan José Carrillo, a prominent local figure and member of one of the city’s founding families, who had received the land from his aunt, Arcadia Bandini de Stearns Baker, a wealthy Californio landowner. Today, Woodlawn remains one of the few municipally owned cemeteries in California.

Burial Records

• View All Transcriptions Combined, 158 records
  • Memorial Plaque, by Mary Willock, (26 records)
  • Miscellaneous Records, by Catherine Dymkoski, (2 records)
  • Miscellaneous Records, by Cheryl Harris, (3 records)
  • Miscellaneous Records, by Carmen Marzano, (3 records)
  • Miscellaneous Records, by Elaine Mershon, (11 records)
  • Miscellaneous Records, by James C. Heinz, (3 records)
  • Miscellaneous Records, by Linda Jane Fincke, (4 records)
  • Miscellaneous Records, by Lana Ivanoff, (1 records)
  • Miscellaneous Records, by Mary Willock, (91 records)
  • Miscellaneous Records, by Raymond Race, (12 records)
  • Miscellaneous Records, by Unknown Transcriber, (2 records)

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