Golden Gate Cemetery (San Francisco, California)
American cemetery in San Francisco (1870–1900) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Golden Gate National Cemetery.
Golden Gate Cemetery, also called the City Cemetery, and Potter's Field, was a burial ground with 29,000 remains, active between 1870 and approximately 1909 and was located in San Francisco, California.[1][2] The site of this former cemetery is now Lincoln Park and the Legion of Honor museum.
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Established | July 3, 1870 |
Closed | 1909 |
Location | Clement Street, 33rd Avenue, and 48th Avenue in San Francisco, California |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 37.7852°N 122.50138°W / 37.7852; -122.50138 |
Type | City |
Size | 200 acres (81 ha) |
No. of graves | 29,000 |
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