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Lake View Cemetery History If Thomas Mercer found his Eden on Queen Anne Hill imagine how ten of Seattles leading citizens felt when they acquired the land that was to become their beloved cemetery. Situated atop Capitol Hill this beautiful hillcrest property was incorporated on October 16 1872 only seven years after the Civil War. The Seattle Masonic Cemetery was set with surrounding views of Lake Union the Cascades Lake Washington and the Olympic Mountains. In 1890 while Seattles land and population were expanding the cemetery officially changed its name to Lake View and soon found itself amidst a prosperous Capitol Hill neighborhood.