Crystal Lake Cemetery, located in Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in June 2004.

[3] The predecessor of Corvallis, Marysville, was a brand new town when Joseph Alexander buried his first wife Sarah on their Donation Land Claim in 1850.

Built outside of towns in park-like settings, these cemeteries became places where people could stroll and enjoy nature, as well as visiting the graves of their friends and relatives.

The newest section of Crystal Lake Cemetery influenced by the memorial park movement began in 1920s.

This movement had many characteristics of lawn cemeteries, but required imbedded markers instead of traditional upright headstones.