Lake View Cemetery

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1554 15th Ave E
Seattle, WA 98112
(206) 322-1582
Free

You might ask why we include a cemetery as an interesting and fun place to go… well, read on. A visit to Lake View Cemetery is like taking a walk through time. Located on Capitol Hill, Lake View Cemetery was founded in 1873 as the Seattle Masonic Cemetery. Today, many of Seattle’s most famous, and infamous, are here. Stop by and pay your respects to Bruce and Brandon Lee, two of Lake View’s most visited graves.

You’ll find most of Seattle’s early movers and shakers here, the Dennys and most of the Denny Party, Henry Yesler, Doc Maynard, Lou Graham (one of Seattle’s most successful Madams), Princess Angeline (Chief Seattle’s daughter, the princess who spent much of her life as a washer-woman), Dutch Ned (who built his own mausoleum and hosted picnics and parties there before his death) and a bunch more.

You might want to purchase the pocket tour guide book, “The Pioneers of lake View” (We bought ours at “Elliott Bay Book Store”), to help you find your way around and it gives you a little history on the 60 to 70 memorable folks laid to rest here. All in all, it makes for an interesting and informative few hours. And best of all, it is free, well, there is the cost of the book. By the way, Robert L. Ferguson (the author of “The Pioneers of Lake View”), is buried next to Lou Graham. His tombstone reads, “The Tour Stops Here”.