Location: Inside The San Francisco Columbarium
Destination: San Francisco, California 
Country: United States
Year Taken: 2008

Photographer: Jon Rochetti
Blog: The DC Traveler

The four-story Columbarium hosts over 5,000 niches to hold personal remains (ashes) of the interred.  People often decorate the niches with personal items and memorabilia, photos and writings.   Some are serious in design, others, more whimsical.

The urns used range from traditional copper or metal urns to cookie jars, coffee pots and even a few alcohol decanters.  The interior itself is beautiful, with its marble floors, many stained-glass windows, tiered balconies and mosaics covering much of the dome.

The Columbarium holds the remains of some of San Francisco’s most prominent people, including Harvey Milk and many of the city’s founding families. 

To see a photo of the exterior of the Columbarium, check out yesterday’s Travel Photo Daily post.

To submit your photo to Travel Photo Daily, please add your destination or travel photos to the Travel Photo Daily Flickr group. 

_______________________________________________

Post from: Blisstree

Inside San Francisco’s Columbarium

Location: The San Francisco Columbarium
Destination: San Francisco, California
Country: United States
Year Taken: 2008

Photographer: Jon Rochetti
Blog: The DC Traveler

The ornate and four-story neoclassical Columbarium, built in 1898, is one of San Francisco’s only remaining cemeteries.  It located at the end of a residential cul-de-sac in the Richmond District.

The building, located just north of Golden Gate Park, was originally part of a 160+ acre Odd Fellows Cemetery, which was since turned into residential housing.

By 1930, the city of San Francisco required the closure of all cemeteries, and removal of all remains, but the Columbarium building was spared, along with the adjoining gardens. 

It houses the ashes of close to 5,000 people.

Tomorrow, a look inside the Columbarium.

To submit your photo to Travel Photo Daily, please add your destination or travel photos to the Travel Photo Daily Flickr group. 

_______________________________________________

Post from: Blisstree

The San Francisco Columbarium