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| With its booming population growth early in the 1860s, Oakland's city leaders were looking for a new and larger cemetery to serve the public. In the 1920s, Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. assisted with landscape planning at Mountain View. |
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| With its booming population growth early in the 1860s, Oakland's city leaders were looking for a new and larger cemetery to serve the public. In the 1920s, Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. assisted with landscape planning at Mountain View. |
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At
that same time, Frederick Law Olmsted, the renowned landscape architect
responsible for designing Central Park in New York City, headed west
to California and a post as Superintendent of the Mariposa mining estate.
The demand for his administrative and planning expertise was more than
even he could have predicted. Besides being appointed as the first President
of the Yosemite Valley Commission, Olmsted accepted the unique challenge
of designing Oakland's new Mountain View Cemetery.
The
impressive result of Olmsted's plan for Mountain View Cemetery, and
its four-fountain main mall, is a perfect example of his blending the
natural beauty of an area with functional man-made features to create
a lasting tribute to both man and nature.