Chapel of the Chimes (Oakland, California)

Coordinates: 37°49′54.05″N 122°14′44.81″W / 37.8316806°N 122.2457806°W / 37.8316806; -122.2457806

Interior of the columbarium, with book-shaped cinerary urns.

Chapel of the Chimes was founded in 1909 as a crematory and columbarium in Oakland, California. The present building dates largely from a 1928 redevelopment based on the designs of the architect Julia Morgan.^[1] The Moorish- and Gothic-inspired interior is a maze of small rooms featuring ornate stonework, statues, gardens, fountains and mosaics. The name "chapel" refers primarily to the style of interior design, as it is not a traditional cemetery chapel building.

The building maintains its original functions, and also serves as the venue for annual music festivals on the winter and summer solstices. ^[2]

The chapel's owners operate a funeral home and cemetery, not designed by Morgan, in Hayward, also under the name Chapel of the Chimes.^[3]

Chapel of the Chimes holds the records of the Chapel of Memories on Pleasant Valley Avenue.

Notable interments

• Harriet Chalmers Adams, explorer
• Dick Bartell, baseball player
• Russ Christopher, baseball player
• Frederick George Coppins, Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross in World War I
• Al Davis, National Football League executive, Oakland Raiders owner
• John A. Elston, United States Congressman from California
• William Frederick "Bones" Ely, baseball player
• Frank C. Havens, lawyer
• John Lee Hooker, musician
• Joseph R. Knowland, US Congressman, owner of the Oakland Tribune newspaper (at Chapel of Memories)
• Charles Goodall Lee, first Chinese American licensed dentist
• Clara Elizabeth Chan Lee, first Chinese American woman to register to vote
• Friend Richardson, California governor
• Henry Vollmer, mayor of Davenport, Iowa; United States Congressman from Iowa

References

1. ^ http://www.lifemarkgroup.com/oakland/
2. ^ http://www.gardenofmemory.com/
3. ^ [1]