Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California

E452997

cemetery rural cemetery tourist attraction

Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California is a historic, park-like burial ground known for its notable interments, scenic hillside setting, and prominent 19th-century architecture.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California canonical	3
Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California, United States	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4563019 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California
Context triple: [Charles Crocker, burialPlace, Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California]

A. Evergreen Cemetery, Oakland
Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland is a historic burial ground known for being the final resting place of notable figures from the city’s political and cultural history.
B. Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California, United States
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Colma, California, is a historic cemetery known as the final resting place of many prominent figures, including media magnate William Randolph Hearst.
C. Eternal Home Cemetery, Colma, California
Eternal Home Cemetery in Colma, California is a Jewish burial ground known for being the final resting place of influential rock concert promoter Bill Graham.
D. Greenlawn Memorial Park, Colma, California, United States
Greenlawn Memorial Park in Colma, California, is a cemetery known for being the final resting place of notable figures including former San Francisco mayor and California governor James Rolph.
E. Mountain View Cemetery, Altadena, California, United States
Mountain View Cemetery in Altadena, California, is a historic burial ground in Los Angeles County known as the final resting place of various notable local and national figures.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California
Target entity description: Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California is a historic, park-like burial ground known for its notable interments, scenic hillside setting, and prominent 19th-century architecture.

A. Evergreen Cemetery, Oakland
Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland is a historic burial ground known for being the final resting place of notable figures from the city’s political and cultural history.
B. Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California, United States
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Colma, California, is a historic cemetery known as the final resting place of many prominent figures, including media magnate William Randolph Hearst.
C. Eternal Home Cemetery, Colma, California
Eternal Home Cemetery in Colma, California is a Jewish burial ground known for being the final resting place of influential rock concert promoter Bill Graham.
D. Greenlawn Memorial Park, Colma, California, United States
Greenlawn Memorial Park in Colma, California, is a cemetery known for being the final resting place of notable figures including former San Francisco mayor and California governor James Rolph.
E. Mountain View Cemetery, Altadena, California, United States
Mountain View Cemetery in Altadena, California, is a historic burial ground in Los Angeles County known as the final resting place of various notable local and national figures.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cemetery ⓘ rural cemetery ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
architect	Frederick Law Olmsted NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasAmenity	chapel ⓘ crematory ⓘ fountains ⓘ funeral home ⓘ gardens ⓘ offices ⓘ parking areas ⓘ walking paths ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	Victorian funerary architecture ⓘ columbarium niches ⓘ hillside location ⓘ landscaped grounds ⓘ lawn graves ⓘ mature trees ⓘ mausoleums ⓘ monumental tombs ⓘ panoramic views of San Francisco Bay ⓘ park-like setting ⓘ scenic vistas ⓘ winding roads ⓘ
hasSection	children’s section ⓘ columbarium ⓘ family plots of railroad magnates ⓘ mausoleum complexes ⓘ veterans’ graves ⓘ
hasUse	burial ground ⓘ cremation services ⓘ historical tours ⓘ memorial services ⓘ public walking area ⓘ
heritageDesignation	historic cemetery ⓘ
inception	1863 ⓘ
locatedIn	Alameda County ⓘ surface form: Alameda County, California California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Oakland ⓘ surface form: Oakland, California San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
notableBurial	Bernard Maybeck NERFINISHED ⓘ California governors ⓘ Charles Crocker NERFINISHED ⓘ Collis P. Huntington NERFINISHED ⓘ Fred Korematsu NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry J. Kaiser NERFINISHED ⓘ Ida Louise Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ Julia Morgan NERFINISHED ⓘ Leland Stanford NERFINISHED ⓘ Levi Strauss NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Oakland mayors ⓘ Samuel Merritt NERFINISHED ⓘ
openingDate	1863 ⓘ
ownedBy	Mountain View Cemetery Association NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charles Crocker → burialPlace → Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California ⓘ

George C. Perkins → burialPlace → Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California ⓘ

Ina Coolbrith, first Poet Laureate of California → burialPlace → Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California ⓘ

subject surface form: Ina Coolbrith

Ina Coolbrith → burialPlace → Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California, United States

Joseph LeConte → burialPlace → Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California ⓘ