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This cemetery is situated on maps between the towns of Lakewood and Wheat Ridge, in Jefferson County, with the mortuary that owns it is found at 7777 W 29th Ave, Denver, CO 80033, 8128 (303) 233-4611. The mausoleum is called Tower of Memories.
The Tower of Memories is a mausoleum located at Crown Hill Cemetery in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. The seven story building is 158 feet (48.16 m) tall; its entrance is at 29th Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard.
The building was designed with Gothic detailing by Charles A. Smith in 1926. After his firm failed in 1928, architects William and Arthur Fisher were commissioned to continue the construction. World War II caused further delays to the building's construction. In 1948, architect John Monroe was hired to complete the building.
It was entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. The Tower of Memories is a seven story modernistic building. A Gothic structure which began in 1926, but the company failed in 1928. Later, architects William and Arthur Fisher were commissioned to continue the construction, but World War II caused further delays. The theme was modernistic and made of reinforced concrete. Finally in 1948 architect John Monroe was hired to complete the building. He increased the height and added a stairway, but did not change the basic design of the building. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places August 20, 1987.