The Davenport Crematorium is located in Fairmont Cemetery in the West End of Davenport, Iowa

Davenport, Iowa

Davenport is a city located along the Mississippi River in Scott County, Iowa, United States. Davenport is the county seat of and largest city in Scott County. Davenport was founded on May 14, 1836 by Antoine LeClaire and was named for his friend, George Davenport, a colonel during the Black Hawk...

, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 in 1983. The facility opened in 1891 and the first cremation

Cremation

Cremation is the process of reducing bodies to basic chemical compounds such as gasses and bone fragments. This is accomplished through high-temperature burning, vaporization and oxidation....

 was that of Otto Kochert. It is the ninth oldest crematorium still in existence in the United States. The building now houses the cemetery’s offices.

Fairmount Cemetery

The cemetery was established in 1881 by stockholders who were mostly of German descent. The first burial in the cemetery was John Dibbern on August 1, 1881. It acquired the name Fairmount Cemetery in 1900. A mausoleum

Mausoleum

A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or persons. A monument without the interment is a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be considered a type of tomb or the tomb may be considered to be within the...

, with 530 crypts, was constructed in 1929.

See also

Other buildings designed by Frederick G. Clausen:

• Hibernia Hall
  Hibernia Hall
  The Hibernia Hall is a Romanesque Revival building located in downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.-History:...
  
  
• Hillside (Davenport, Iowa)
  Hillside (Davenport, Iowa)
  Hillside, is a mansion overlooking the Mississippi River on the eastside of Davenport, Iowa, United States. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1982 and the Davenport Register of Historic Properties since 1992. It is also a part of the Prospect Park Historic...
  
  
• J.H.C. Petersen's Sons' Store
  J.H.C. Petersen's Sons' Store
  The J.H.C. Petersen's Sons' Store also known as the Redstone Building, is a four-story building in Davenport, Iowa, United States. It is listed on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties and on the National Register of Historic Places. Designed after the Rookery Building in Chicago, this...
  
  
• Lend-A-Hand Club
  Lend-A-Hand Club
  The Lend-A-Hand Club was located in downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States along the riverfront. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, and on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties in 1997.-History:...