Woodlawn Memorial Park (Colma, California)

Woodlawn Memorial Park, also known as the Masonic Burial Ground, is a cemetery located at 1000 El Camino Real in Colma, California.

[1] The Masonic Grand Lodge of California laid the cornerstone for the cemetery during a ceremony held on October 29, 1904, at a 47-acre (19 ha) site formerly used as the Seven Mile House on the stagecoach route linking San Francisco and San Jose.

[2]: 117  The entrance to the cemetery is marked by two prominent arches; T. Paterson Ross was responsible for designing the original entry arch, which was built with blue granite blocks quarried from Raymond, California.

A second arch was added in the 1930s alongside administrative offices, a columbarium, mausoleum, and chapel, designed by William G. Merchant and Bernard Maybeck.

[1][3][4] The Masonic Cemetery Association erected a memorial pillar in April 1933 to honor those moved.

Entrance arches and chapel at Woodlawn
Cypress tree at Woodlawn, overlooking gravesites