El Campo Santo
William “Don Julian” Workman was one of several regional rancheros who established a family cemetery on his property and one of the few that constructed a chapel in it. El Campo Santo, on the grounds of the Homestead Museum in the City of Industry, is one of the oldest private cemeteries in Southern California. The first recorded burial there was that of William’s brother, David, in 1855. After the Workman family lost the property around the turn of the century, the cemetery was neglected and its chapel was destroyed by fire. When Walter Temple regained ownership of a portion of the Homestead, he renovated the cemetery, constructed a small classic Grecian mausoleum and moved the remains of his family into it. Besides Workman, Temple and Rowland family members, those interred included servants and neighbors and, most famously, Pio Pico and his wife Ygnacia.
Homestead Museum, City of Industry, Los Angeles County
Photographer: John Bare