The granite and marble monument resembling a mast marks not only his burial site, but that of his wife, son and daughter-in-law.

[2] The Farragut grave site is located in Woodlawn Cemetery's northeastern Aurora Hill section.

The plot is ringed by a paved walkway, and the main monument is set on a local high point.

The column is intricately carved with depictions of events in Farragut's life, and is designed to resemble a part of a wooden ship mast.

The memorial was carved by the firm of Casoni & Isola, based on New York but owning marble quarries in Italy.