River View Cemetery (Portland, Oregon) Explained

River View Cemetery
Country:United States
Location:Portland, Oregon
Coordinates:45.465°N -122.673°W
Type:Private
Owner:River View Cemetery Association
Findagraveid:39345
Website:riverviewcemetery.org

River View Cemetery is a non-profit cemetery located in the southwest section of Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1882, it is the final resting place of many prominent and notable citizens of Oregon, including many governors and members of the United States Senate.[1] Other notable burials include Henry Weinhard's family, W.A.S.P Pilot Hazel Ying Lee, football player Lyle Alzado, baseball player Carl Mays,[2] [3] and famous western lawman Virgil Earp.

History

River View Cemetery Association was founded as a non-profit cemetery by William S. Ladd, James Terwilliger, Henry Failing, Henry W. Corbett, Henry Pittock, Simon Benson, and others in 1882.[4] [5] All those who joined co-owned the cemetery.[4] In 1902 a Roll Call statue was added to honor the 165 Oregonians who died in the Spanish–American War. The statue stood for 121 years before being stolen in 2023.[6] The first adult burial was Dr. William Henry Watkins.[7] In the 1940s a 135-person chapel was added, designed by Pietro Belluschi.[8]

Facilities

Overlooking the Willamette River, the cemetery has a variety of mausoleums including the Hilltop Garden Mausoleum and Main Mausoleum.[8] There are also private mausoleums and crypts.[8] River View is an endowment care cemetery as defined by the state of Oregon.[9]

Property and surplus land

River View Cemetery occupies approximately 350acres on the west slope of the Willamette River, south of Downtown Portland, but approximately half of the property is not a developed cemetery.[10] Initially, this excess land was held for future expansion of the cemetery, but demographic trends away from burial (in favor of cremation) have reduced the need for future expansion. For example, in 1973 eight percent of Oregonians chose cremation, versus 68 percent in 2010.[11]

In 2006, the River View Cemetery Association sought to develop 184acres of their surplus land into residential properties, and filed a $24 million compensation claim under the 2004 Oregon Ballot Measure 37 and 2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 49.[12] In 2007, the River View Cemetery Association submitted an application to change the zoning of the surplus land from open space to single-family residential for 182 housing units.[13] On May 2, 2011, the City of Portland announced that it had agreed to purchase 146acres of this undeveloped surplus land for $11.25 million, which will be managed by Portland Parks & Recreation with the initial goals of habitat stabilization, removal of invasive species, and trail and access planning.[14]

Notable burials

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU.html#R9T0XKHY7 Multnomah County, Oregon: River View Cemetery.
  2. James, Peet. Necropolitan: Portland's most interesting residents don't walk the streets. At least you'd better hope they don't. Willamette Week. Retrieved on March 12, 2008.
  3. Web site: Society for American Baseball Research . 2018-01-05 . 2018-01-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180105123157/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/99ca7c89 . live .
  4. http://www.riverviewcemetery.org/index2.html History.
  5. Web site: 2007-09-28 . River View Cemetery - Burial Plots, Mausoleums, Niches, Markers, Monuments, Portland, Oregon . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20070928054045/http://www.riverviewcemetery.org/index2.html . 2007-09-28 . 2022-09-22 . (...) River View Cemetery Association (...).
  6. News: November 24, 2023. Spanish American War statue stolen from River View Cemetery. live. KATU. Portland, Oregon. https://web.archive.org/web/20231125233131/https://katu.com/news/local/spanish-american-war-statue-stolen-from-river-view-cemetery. November 25, 2023. November 25, 2023.
  7. http://www.alibris.com/search/detail.cfm?S=R&bid=9086900778&cm_mmc=shopcompare-_-base-_-signed-_-na The Doctor in Oregon.
  8. http://www.riverviewcemetery.org/ Home page, River View Cemetery.
  9. http://www.cbs.state.or.us/dfcs/endowment_care/endowment_care_cemeteries.html List of Endowment Care Cemeteries.
  10. http://www.riverviewcemetery.org/_mgxroot/page_10721.php Our Founders.
  11. News: Law. Steve. Portlanders shall rest in green peace: River View Cemetery opens its grounds to the natural option. July 8, 2010. Portland Tribune. https://web.archive.org/web/20110419015751/http://portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=127853652425946100 . April 19, 2011. December 10, 2014.
  12. http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/Content?oid=95227&category=22101 Buried In Claims: Cemeteries Join the M37 Rush.
  13. https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:feUINjZctQ8J:www1.wrd.state.or.us/files/uploads/OWEB/April%25202010/Region%25203/Region%25203%2520Acquisition%2520and%2520Restoration/211-103.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjLPi-vYn4tIyEE_Dhv-lQKjdjD541_sRDItRxyDQvIZfV2VDbqfBp37mcwD4jo7Ngp2ZNXGZcK6bTtpHw22r3daGG99IeFRnpHDG-TtizC7QIC94dV9CEhENbLbgB-LDaI03XM&sig=AHIEtbSh9EpbTY5OLJqV9udYFI1m2aj64Q City of Portland OWEB Grant Application.
  14. http://southwestportland.katu.com/news/public-spaces/wildlife-corridor-will-be-envy-every-city-america/440158 This wildlife corridor will be the envy of every city in America.
  15. Web site: Oregon Pioneers . 2018-01-05 . 2018-06-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180614114051/http://www.oregonpioneers.com/bios/GeorgeAbernethy_1840.pdf . live .
  16. Horne, Peter. Policewomen: Their First Century and the New Era. The Police Chief, vol. 73, no. 9, September 2006. Retrieved on March 10, 2008.
  17. News: Ben Boloff surcombs. The Oregonian. October 15, 1932. Portland, Oregon. 4.
  18. Web site: NNDB . 2018-01-05 . 2017-09-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170909074300/http://www.nndb.com/people/665/000161182/ . live .
  19. Book: 9780804780353. 253. Civil War High Commands. John Eicher, David Eicher. Stanford University Press. 2002. 2020-09-20. 2023-08-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20230806001840/https://books.google.com/books?id=Fs0Ajlnjl6AC. live.
  20. Book: Hidden History of Civil War Oregon . 9781625841780 . 2023-03-14 . 2023-08-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230806001842/https://books.google.com/books?id=-Ll_CQAAQBAJ&pg=PT84 . live . Fletcher . Randol B. . 22 September 2011 . Arcadia .
  21. News: December 16, 1912 . Kamm burial is today . 7 . The Oregonian .
  22. http://www.portlandonline.com/omf/index.cfm?a=beidaf&c=eeafd Dorothy McCullough Lee.
  23. Web site: 2014-08-22 . The Story of The American Legion / Wheat, George Seay . 2022-11-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140822081805/http://infomotions.com/etexts/gutenberg/dirs/1/4/4/7/14478/14478.htm . 2014-08-22 .
  24. Web site: Pickett Society . 2018-01-05 . 2017-12-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171222202225/http://www.pickettsociety.com/jimmie.html . live .
  25. Web site: Portland Online: First Chief Engineer of Portland's Water System . 2008-05-30 . 2007-10-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071012051726/http://www.portlandonline.com/water/index.cfm?c=41924&a=105796 . live .
  26. Web site: River View Cemetery . 2018-01-05 . 2018-06-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180625050556/https://www.riverviewcemetery.org/about-us/facilities/historical-tour/ . live .
  27. News: TWO GRAVES GET HEADSTONES 100 YEARS LATER . 3 January 2022 . Statesman Journal . Newspapers.com . 8 April 2013 . Salem, Oregon . C4 . en . 3 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220103203113/https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=91752949&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjExNTU1NTczNywiaWF0IjoxNjQxMjQxMTk1LCJleHAiOjE2NDEzMjc1OTV9.Ib1I4bV7ZSgwMbEDPm41h8--5pdAB-ed03Ji8aIUif4 . live .
  28. Web site: Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission . 2018-01-05 . 2015-09-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150929050157/http://www.ochcom.org/pdf/Francis-Victor.pdf . live .
  29. http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/Oregon-Biographies-Henry-Weinhard.cfm The Oregon History Project: Henry Weinhard.
  30. Book: Willard. Frances Elizabeth, 1839–1898. Livermore. Mary Ashton Rice, 1820–1905. A woman of the century; fourteen hundred-seventy biographical sketches accompanied by portraits of leading American women in all walks of life. 1893. Buffalo, N.Y., Moulton. 437. 8 August 2017.
  31. Lane, Dee. Bud Clark, Portland’s former ‘citizen mayor,’ dies at 90 Oregon Live. Retrieved on January 19, 2023.

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