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Neptune Society Columbarium San Francisco, California Noted architect, Bernard J.S. Cahill (1866-1944), designed this magnificent columbarium in 1898. Cahill was especially well known for his designs of funerary architecture. This example is certainly one of his highest achievements, even though he was only 32 years old when he received the design commission. Cahill’s masterpiece is a classic Beaux Arts design, using elements of Baroque, Classical Revival and English neoclassicism. The columbarium has, in recent years, been given a splash of color by famed San Francisco colorist, Bob Buckter, known for his colorful paint schemes used on many of San Francisco’s elegant Victorian homes. The Neptune Society of Northern California, a division of Sentinel Cremation Society Inc. operates the columbarium.