A distinctive facility in North Seattle is observing its centennial this year and is inviting everyone to attend a festive party ... in a cemetery.
moved the remains of their infant son Jonathan there from two earlier burial places downtown. Moving the graves within entire cemeteries was a hazard to living in a young and rapidly expanding metropolis. For instance, what is now Denny Park in downtown Seattle was once a cemetery, and all those graves had to be moved elsewhere when the land became a public park.
Scott Sheehan, general manager of Evergreen Washelli, says these factors may have also contributed to the decision to build the Columbarium in 1920. When the Columbarium opened at Evergreen Washelli in 1922, the ornate building was decorated with columns and other ornamental details that gave it a classical and distinctive look. As Scott Sheehan and Nicole Mitchell spread out old photos of the structure on a table in the Evergreen Washelli offices on the west side of Aurora, it was easy to conclude that this original Columbarium had somehow been replaced.
Either way, the “thousands” figure is correct. The Evergreen Washelli Columbarium, which is open daily, houses the remains of more than 35,000 people, and there’s still room for more, Scott Sheehan says. And, as is often the case at a cemetery, sometimes the remains of figures with vastly different backgrounds or with radically different “success stories” have become eternal neighbors.
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