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Hillside Memorial Park was established in 1886 by local pioneers Frank Brown and Edward Judson to serve the needs of the community of Redlands. Hillside Memorial Park has been owned and operated by the City of Redlands since 1918. The cemetery is located in the southwestern section of the City in an area of scenic rolling hills. Our cemetery grounds have an approximate 53 acres making Hillside Memorial Park the largest city-owned cemetery in California. Of those 53 acres there are 13 acres that are left undeveloped and available for future cemetery development projects.
Hillside Memorial Park is a city-owned and operated facility located at 1540 Alessandro Road. The park was incorporated in 1886, two years before Redlands became a city. It remained privately owned until 1918 when the City of Redlands acquired the park and took over its maintenance. It is the oldest continually operating business in Redlands. The park has been designated as a historic resource of significant value to the people of Redlands by the city council.
The cemetery has 50 developed acres and 13 undeveloped acres available for future expansion. There are approximately 30,000 interments at the facility.
There are two mausoleums at the park. The first was constructed in 1928 and contains 280 mausoleum crypts. The new mausoleum was built in 1958, containing 768 crypt spaces. An addition in 1972 provided another 350 crypt spaces.
Edward G. Judson and Frank E. Brown, co-founders of the City of Redlands are buried at Hillside Memorial Park. Others buried at the park include Frank Pierce Morrison, founder of the Southern California Edison Company, Walter Nordoff, author of The Journey of the Flame, his son Charles Bernard Nordoff, author of Mutiny On The Bounty, Men Against the Sea, and Pitcairns Island, and his son Franklin Nordoff, author of Fruit of the Earth.
GENERAL INFORMATION
For information regarding Hillside Memorial Park, please contact the Cemetery Services Assistant at (909) 798 7569 or email avalles@cityofredlands.org.
Friends of Hillside Memorial Park is a group of Redlands citizens who are concerned about the present care and foreseeable future for our beautiful historic Redlands Cemetery. They are a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting, supporting and improving the care of Redlands Cemetery.
Office Hours: Monday through Thursday from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Park Hours: Seven days per week from 8:00 a.m. to dusk.
Redlands Area Historical Society