Early Everett had several temporary cemeteries. In the very early 1890s, undertaker John Rogers used a site at Broadway and 3rd (probably 3rd at Lowell, which turned NW on now-gone Cascade View). In 1894, the Greenwood cemetery at Evergreen at at 52nd was used. Finally in 1898, Evergreen Cemetery was opened, and many bodies from other sites were moved to this cemetery.
The mausoleum at the south end is from 1963 with the current office built the year later. The cemetery was used in the beginning of the 1995 film Assassins, starring Antonio Banderas and Sylvester Stallone. The lych gate was badly damaged in 2003 by a falling tree, and carefully restored.
There are several state champion trees in Evergreen, including a Copper Beech, Buddhist Pine, European White Elm and Lawson Cypress.
Research by: David Dilgard, Margaret Riddle, Lisa Labovitch, Gene Fosheim, Patrick Hall, Jack O'Donnell, Larry O'Donnell, Steve Fox and many others
Interactive Evergreen cemetery map
Sections
- 1898: sections 1-6 platted.
- 1900: First addition, sections 7-12.
- 1904: Second addition, sections 13-16.
- 1908: Third addition, including Rucker Mausoleum and sections 17-21.
- 1908: Fourth addition, sections 22-27.
- 1914: Fifth addition, section 31.
- ?: Sixth addition, sections 32, 33.
- ?: Seventh addition, sections 50, 52-56.
- 1939: Eighth addition, sections 57, 64, 65.
- 1963: mausoleum and new office building. The mausoleum announcement stated there were 560 crypts. Contractor was Western Mausoleum Construction Co., which cost $100,000. The interior and exterior marble was imported. The office building in the 4400 block of Broadway was designed by Everett architects Hall and Dykeman, and built by Venne Beauchamp Construction Co. of Everett for $70,000. At that time the new entrace was built. The previous office was at 41st and Broadway, but forced to move due to I-5 construction.