BONNEY WATSON FAMILY GUIDE

Mountain View New Glass-Front Niches

The new glass-front niche island inside the Mountain View Columbarium: a freestanding case of lit glass niches, indoors, and every opening on it still available.The new glass-front island inside the Mountain View Columbarium: what it is, what it costs, and why every opening on it is still open.

In This Guide

1A Glass-Front Niche

2The Room It Stands In

3Four Walls, Nine Sizes

4Choosing a Niche

5What It Costs

6Coming to See It

All 145,
unsold

A glass-front niche is closed with glass instead of stone, so the urn and whatever you place beside it stay visible. This island is brand new: a freestanding case in the middle of the columbarium room, glazed on all four sides and lit from within, and nothing on it has been sold. Openings carry 2–4 rights of interment.

SECTION 1

A Glass-Front Niche

The urn is meant to be seen

The new glass-front niche island at the Mountain View Columbarium: a tall freestanding case of lit, empty niches with bronze framing, standing under a chandelier with stained-glass panels above and a doorway to the lawn beyond — The island, lit from within, standing in the middle of the columbarium room.

A glass-front niche is closed with glass instead of stone, so the urn and whatever a family chooses to place beside it (a photograph, a folded flag, a keepsake) stay visible. It is the opposite decision from a granite front, where the closure is solid and the name is engraved on the outside.

Everything on this island is brand new. It is a freestanding case standing in the middle of the columbarium room, glass on all four sides, lit from inside, with 145 openings in total. Nothing here has been sold twice over or picked through; the whole island is available.

The openings are not all one size. They run from a single-urn niche on the top and bottom courses up to large multi-urn family units in the middle of the long walls, and the price follows the size and the height.

SECTION 2THE ROOM

The Room It Stands In

Indoors, carpeted, and warm

The interior of the Mountain View Columbarium seen from its doorway: an eight-sided carpeted room with a chandelier, stained-glass clerestory windows, and walls of bronze-framed glass niches on both sides of the central island — The columbarium room. The island stands in the centre; the older glass-front walls line the sides.

The Mountain View Columbarium is an eight-sided room with a stained-glass clerestory and a chandelier, carpeted, heated and dry. Families visit in any weather and stay as long as they like; it is the part of the park that feels least like being outdoors and most like being somewhere indoors that was built for this.

The older glass-front walls around the sides of the room are largely spoken for. The island in the centre is the new property, and it is the reason this guide exists.

Open the Mountain View niche map to see the island wall by wall, with the exact price and size of every opening.

SECTION 3FOUR FACES

Four Walls, Nine Sizes

Two long faces, two ends, and a family unit in the middle of each long face

One end of the glass-front island: a full-height column of lit empty niches in bronze frames, varying in width and height, with stained glass across the top course — An end wall. The courses are 10½ inches high at the bottom and 12½ at the top.

A long face of the glass-front island seen at an angle: rows of lit empty niches of several widths behind clear glass in bronze frames, with a stained-glass panel above — A long face. The wider openings across the middle are the family units.

The island, wall by wall
Wall	Openings	What is there
Front (west)	48	A long face, including two four-urn family units spanning two courses.
Back (east)	51	The other long face, and where the largest single unit on the island is.
Side (north)	23	An end wall, narrower, four modules across.
Side (south)	23	The matching end wall.

The openings come in 9 distinct sizes, from a single-urn niche up to the two-course family units. 145 openings in all. One panel on the front wall is an access panel rather than a niche, and is neither counted nor sold.The two long faces carry 48 and 51 openings and the two ends 23 each. They come in 9 distinct sizes, from a single-urn niche up to the two-course family units in the middle of each long face.

SECTION 4WHAT IT COSTS

Choosing a Niche

A single niche, or a family unit

Close view of the glass-front island: several empty niches of different widths behind clear glass, each lit from within, in a black bronze frame

A glass-front niche

Glass front · the urn stays visible

The standard opening on the island. Height and width both vary, and so does the price, with the courses near eye level costing more than the top and bottom ones.

Most niches here $8,000–$16,000 Full range $7,000–$48,000

A tall column of the glass-front island showing the larger two-course openings in the middle of the face, empty and lit

A family unit

Glass front · four rights of interment

The largest openings span two courses in the middle of a long face, and there are 4 of them on the island. They hold four, which makes them a place for a whole family rather than a couple.

Family units $42,000–$48,000

Across the island the openings carry 2–4 rights of interment, depending on the size of the opening. Full range across every opening on the island: $7,000–$48,000.

SECTION 5WHAT ELSE YOU PAY FOR

What It Costs

The niche, and the charges alongside it

Additional charges

Opening and closing, recording, endowment care and any inscription are charged in addition to the price of the space. They are straightforward, and they differ by location and by what you choose. Call or email me and I will put the exact figures in writing for you, with no obligation.

Mountain View glass front: charges in addition to the niche price
Opening & closing, each inurnment	$875
Recording fee, each	$235
Endowment Care Fund	10%
Inscription	none
Sales tax	none

About these charges. These are Bonney Watson’s current charges for the Mountain View glass-front niches. Your family service director will confirm the current charges before quoting.

SECTION 6

Coming to See It

What to decide, and what we will confirm for you

Decide whether the urn should be visible. That single question separates a glass front from a granite one, and everything else follows it.
Choose the urn early. In a glass-front niche the urn is on display, so it is part of the memorial rather than something hidden inside it.
Decide how many people the niche is for: a standard opening or one of the family units.
Ask us to confirm the exact opening, its price and today’s availability before anything is signed.

Open the Mountain View niche map · Compare all the glass-front locations

Ranges in this guide are computed from the price and availability data behind our live niche maps and are re-checked against them automatically whenever this page changes. They describe what is currently offered for sale, and a range moves as spaces sell. The exact price of a specific niche, and today’s availability, are always the ones your family service director confirms for you.

BEFORE YOU COME OUT

Settle one question first: should the urn be visible? That is what separates a glass front from a granite one, and everything else follows it. Then choose the urn early — behind glass the urn is part of the memorial rather than something hidden inside it, and the size of the opening decides what fits. Last, decide how many people the niche is for: a standard opening, or one of the family units.

Ranges here are computed from the price and availability data behind our live niche maps, so they describe what is offered for sale today and move as spaces sell. I confirm the exact opening, its price and today’s availability before anything is signed.

Come and see it lit

The island photographs poorly and looks like a different thing in the room. It is indoors and takes ten minutes to walk. I will tell you what any opening in front of you costs and put it in writing, with no obligation attached.

Martice Morrison · (206) 445-9794 · mmorrison@bonneywatson.com