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Woodlawn Park in 1926 commissioned a noted mausoleum architect, McDonald Lovell, to design a mausoleum for the park. The present building covers more than a city block, accented with marble, stained glass, and hand-wrought bronze gates.
The cemetery contains 13 British Commonwealth war graves of World War II, comprising one British and two New Zealand airmen, and ten Royal Navy personnel.
During the 1935 Labor Day hurricane among these lost were World War I Veterans who had been sent to Florida Keys work camps. Although some records claim 259 veterans were victims
Congressional record {Congressional Inquiry H.R. 9486} breaks down 694 World War I veterans by name and their status as:
Survived:
443 number broken down as:
437 living + 6 living Identification tentative
Died:
251 number broken down as:
2 listed as dead -dispositions of remains not listed
6 reburied in Hometowns
26 cremated
44 tentatively identified as dead
84 reburied in Woodlawn Cemetery
89 missing-believed dead
Notes to above listing:
1 man reported missing later identified as dead
1 man not listed here among Hurricane dead had died in a accident in August 1935
The cemetery is also known as Caballero Rivero Woodlawn Cemetery, Woodlawn Memorial Park North and Woodlawn Park Cemetery.