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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
 Interesting information OS.
the big white house wasn't at 626 Stevens Place? or did I read that wrong
Thanks for the map Hoss. -so Stevens Place was pretty much behind Los Angeles High School.
The old Fort Moore Hill cemetery boundaries are a bit confusing on the map.
The cemetery property line appears to cross over onto the school property...as well as the corner of the I.O.O.F. property.
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And one of the 'green' buildings has the property line going through it! 
No doubt we covered this much earlier on NLA) - but this information on the cemetery bears repeating.
"Fort Moore Hill became home to a cemetery, with the first documented burial tracing back to December 19, 1853. Alternately known as Los Angeles City Cemetery, Protestant Cemetery, Fort Moore Hill Cemetery, Fort Hill Cemetery, or simply "the cemetery on the hill", it was the city's first non-Catholic cemetery.
The cemetery was overseen by the city starting in 1869. It was not well taken care of, lacking clearly delineated boundaries, complete records or adequate maintenance. The Los Angeles City Council passed a resolution on August 30, 1879, closing the cemetery to any future burials except for those with already reserved plots. By 1884, the city had sold portions of the cemetery as residential lots and the rest to the Los Angeles Board of Education (later the Los Angeles Unified School District.
The city never removed any bodies, and the former cemetery was the site of repeated, grisly findings and much negative press. As a result, the city began moving the bodies, most to Evergreen Cemetery, Rosedale Cemetery and Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetery, with the final bodies being transferred in May 1947. The recent construction of Los Angeles High School #9 resulted in the discovery of additional human remains."
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And what about the I.O.O.F. parcel... -Was there ever an I.O.O.F. Hall on the property?
( Independent Order of Odd Fellows) |
I believe the designations, IOOF, IOORM, etc., were actual cemetery designations, that is, portions of the cemetery that were for burials from those groups. I don't think there were any lodges, etc.
It was an unofficial cemetery as it was created for people who did not want to bury their dead in the Catholic cemetery, which in the early part of the city history was the only official option. The Jewish cemetery also existed at the site of the Naval Reserve center in Elysian Park, but of course, that cemetery was exclusive.
At first the City Cemetery was rather undisturbed, but when development began on Fort Hill the cemetery reduced in size (without removal of many dead) and the new reduced boundaries were mapped and apportioned.