Fairmount Mausoleum is a public

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at Fairmount Cemetery in

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. The building was designed by architects

Frederick E. Mountjoy Frederick may refer to: People * Frederick (given name), the name Nobility Anhalt-Harzgerode * Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670) Austria * Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria from 1195 to 1198 * Frederic ...

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. Constructed in 1929 and opened in 1930, the Fairmount Mausoleum contains the remains of more than 17,000 people and houses one of the largest

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collections in the state of Colorado. In 2005, the Fairmount Mausoleum was listed as an official historic landmark by the City of Denver.

Notable interments

Charles Boettcher Charles Boettcher (1852-July 1948) was a successful businessman in Colorado in the hardware, mining, cement and sugar beet businesses. He was one of the founders of the Ideal Cement Company. Born in Kölleda Germany, he came to the US at age 17 an ...

(1852–1948) businessman and philanthropist *

Frederick Gilmer Bonfils Frederick Gilmer Bonfils (December 21, 1860 – February 2, 1933) was an American publisher who made the ''Denver Post'' into one of the largest newspapers in the United States.Staff report (February 3, 1933). F. G. BONFILS DEAD; VETERAN EDITOR; ...

(1860–1933) co-founder of ''

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Helen Bonfils Helen Gilmer Bonfils (November 16, 1889 – June 6, 1972) was an American heiress, actress, theatrical producer, newspaper executive, and philanthropist. She acted in local theatre in Denver, Colorado, and on Broadway, and also co-produced plays in ...

(1889–1972) businesswoman and philanthropist * Charles Gates, Sr. (1877–1961) founder of

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Edwin C. Johnson Edwin Carl Johnson (January 1, 1884 – May 30, 1970) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as both governor of and U.S. senator from the state of Colorado. Background Johnson was born in Scandia in Republic County in ...

(1884–1970)

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* William Lee Knous (1889–1959) Colorado Governor * Donald Meek (1878–1946) popular character actor * Eugene Donald Millikin (1891–1958) U.S. Senator * Frederick E. Mountjoy (1870–1941) architect, co-designer of the Fairmount Mausoleum * Lawrence Cowle Phipps (1862–1958) U.S. Senator * Florence Rena Sabin (1871–1953) American medical scientist * Karl Cortlandt Schuyler (1877–1933) U.S. Senator * George Somnes (1887–1956) theatre and film director and producer, husband of Helen Bonfils

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External links

Fairmount Heritage Foundation
Cemeteries in Colorado Buildings and structures completed in 1930 Burials at Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colorado) Mausoleums in the United States