Crown Hill Burial Park (Crown Hill Cemetery)
Jefferson County
A five-block historic portion of Crown Hill contains burial groups memorializing the shared association of local individuals in major life-altering or life-ending events. For some interees, earlier participation in a major military action, such as the Civil War or the Spanish-American War, ultimately brought them to this common place. For others, the act of establishing and nourishing new communities at the base of the Colorado Rockies gave them a shared identity and sense of accomplishment, which is recognized here.
Crown Hill Burial Park (Crown Hill Cemetery) (2007 photograph.)
Some shared membership in fraternal organizations whose benefits included adjacent burial plots. For a few, a common event marked the end of life, as in the 1918 influenza pandemic. Taken together, the oldest portion of Crown Hill Cemetery physically conveys the story of the participants in major events of local and national importance. It also represents contemporary memorial practices involving the use of common burial plots for interees with shared life associations.