![]() ![]() Memorial, designed by renowned architect Robert Farquhar, was constructed in the center of the Section 8 lake. Paramount Pictures still occupies the acreage, but the RKO portion is now occupied by a television station studio and broadcasting facility.” Also in 1920, the “William Clark Jr. “In 1920, 40 acres of unused south-facing cemetery land was sold to Paramount Pictures and RKO Radio Pictures in order to accommodate space requirements for the burgeoning movie industry. ![]() She was also Hollywood’s first school teacher.” Downtown Los Angeles (to the east) and the Pacific Ocean (to the west) can be seen from the top of the bell tower near the main gate.” The land on which the cemetery sits was originally owned by “Mary Gower, one of the original founders of Hollywood, having arrived in the area in the 1870’s. The cemetery directly borders Paramount Pictures to the south and has a beautiful view of the Cahuenga Valley and the Hollywood Hills to the north. The cemetery is “located in the central area of Hollywood, California at 6000 Santa Monica Boulevard, was the first cemetery to be built in Hollywood (1899) and is one of the earliest examples of the lawn-park style cemetery in California. A search of the records of the National Register of Historic Places in the National Archives Catalog returns more than 650 results for the term “ Hollywood,” including the Hollywood Cemetery (National Archives Identifier 123859202), which serves as the final resting place of many Hollywood “royalty. The month of March is traditionally the month in which the Academy Awards are presented in Hollywood. Remarks at Last Night’s Oscars (National Archives Identifier 236685729) Today’s post is by John LeGloahec, Archivist in the Electronic Records Division at the National Archives in College Park, MD.
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