PORTLAND'S CITY OF THE DEAD
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- Опубликовано: 9 июн 2024
- Once again, something just a little different. Join me for a tour of PORTLAND'S CITY OF THE DEAD, the largest mausoleum on the West Coast. With the remains of over 90,000 people resting here (with room for another 40,000 more), it truly is a Necropolis. Complete with resident ghosts and a labyrinth of halls, rooms, nooks, and levels, it is truly a sight to behold. Open to the public just one day a year, on Memorial Day, it's worth a visit.
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My grandparents are resting there.
I've been in Portland almost fifty years and was totally unaware of this place. Now I want to see it. Thank you 🌹
It's definitely worth a visit!
Wow
Where is this place at?
I’ve seen that building from the back with the bird mural lots of times as a kid i had no idea abt what it really was
Great video having lived in Washington my whole life I'm surprised I've never heard of this place will have to find the time to stop in one year
AMAZING! Wow i have been living in the Portland area for almost twenty years now and i NEVER knew this place existed!! It's not like i'm a necromaniac or anything, but i HAVE to go there!!! Thanks, i now know where i will be going on Memorial Day!!!
I went to Llewellyn Grade school right next to the crematorium and intermittently a foul odor would emanate from the crematorium , we would say, " another Grandma up in smoke."
I might have gone through there in 1991. At the time, I was in cemetery sales, and in the area on vacation. It was amazing, and the columbaria were especially interesting. They held a variety of styles of urns, with a favorite being made to resemble books. That's just what I would chose for myself.
I worked here in the 90s. We all knew what a magical place it was. During morning break we would go to the 8th floor where is the maintenance department had their office and eat the donuts that were delivered fresh. You truly could spend time looking for a specific crypt or niche and not see a person in those long, spooky corridors. You enter the building on the 5th floor, and the other floors are below ground. When we pushed the button for the elevator to come get us from the dungeness wings, it was always very creepy when the elevator door slowly opened to retrieve us.
Thanks for sharing the wonderful memories!
Can you please elaborate on why it's only open one day a year? That seems really odd to me.
@oculartremors There is a lot of precious marble and they don't want any sort of vandalism. It could also be per request of the family that owns the plot.
@@elizabethfpotts Thank you for your response!
Keep the different content coming Steve! That was very interesting!
More to come!
fantastic ...We never knew
Love the pictures! The angles and lighting add to the eerieness of the place.
Wow just amazing , I hadn't heard of this place before this video. This was good thank you
Thanks Steve ❤ I'd love to go there!!
I never knew there was à place like this.thats a great story. Would love to check it out. Thanks
I have driven by Wilhelms hundreds of times and always wondered what it looks like inside, I just put Memorial day 2025 on my calender it is Monday May 26 and will go visit, I am so excited. Thank you for creating this fantastic video.
Very cool!
See you there, I just did the same!
Hiya Steve. Long time. Hope all is well in your neck of the woods. Loving the Channel.
what a magnificent piece of Literature you picked in that poem!
I had no idea any such place like this existed. Thank You! Very unique experience to learn of such!!!
I'll add it to my vacation list
I wish I’d known about this sooner, ‘cause now I have to wait until next Memorial Day to go see it. It’s practically within walking distance, and I’ve always had an interest in such things, so I’m surprised I didn’t know about it until now.
All these folks ashes are there but their spirit is someplace else. If there are spirits there they may feel protected and safe. Interesting subject and place, I am sure the spirits will make sure that no one breaks in. And if they do they will regret it. So, stay safe, warm/cool, and blessings.
WOW!!! 😲
Pirtland is Crazy Land.
Awesome story want to know more
Suggestion: you should interview one or more of the caretakers.
A RUclips FILMED A TOUR OF THE PLACE IT WAS SO PEACEFUL
I knew about this. My ex decided to become a mortician at 23 and did the training and told me about it. Crazy but I do miss her. She probably left. Most intelligent people who could leave Portland did
“Most intelligent people who could leave Portland did.”… There’s a lot about this statement I don’t understand, but something tells me I don’t really want you to explain it. You see, this is usually a statement made about mind-numbing backwaters and burbs, not bustling centers of culture and opportunity. Of course, Portland has mostly changed in negative ways over the past decade or so, but, not only are the reasons for that mostly about issues facing the country and world as a whole, but it also doesn’t explain why your statement speaks of the past (unless you’re referring to a recent past in a way that sounds more distant). I was born in Portland in the eighties, and, although I’ve lived in a couple other places, Portland has been my lifelong home. I have some criticisms of it, but there are far worse places to live. If economic inequality wasn’t such a tremendous issue, it would sure help a lot, but, well, anyhoo, politics is what I was trying to avoid here, so maybe we shouldn’t leave clues in our comments about those things to begin with. Right now we’re one for one, so let’s just leave it there, ok?
I was happy to see a few pagan statues there,too. Never knew this was here in Portland. Interesting.
I live down the street from there
Where is this at in portland?
Why is this place closed all year, but one day. What is going on the rest of year?
God only knows what's under the ground there I mean it it could go down for miles
You can bet that this is a DNA Bank like saving seeds
So you can't go visit your loved one, except on one day a year.
You can visit your loved ones anytime- it's only open to the general public on Memorial Day.
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"Little Johnny, what did you do today?" "We went to the City of the Dead, while eating popcorn and candy we walked through the mausoleum!" Steve this sounds like it is straight from an episode of the Adams Family. No thank you!!
Are Bodies may die, but our souls never do. The 'after life' is actually the next life
Who built this? Not men with horse and buggies that’s for sure.
Built between 1900 and 1901, it would have relied significantly on coal fired steam equipment during the construction process.