Spring Hill Cemetery Historic District

Spring Hill Cemetery Historic District

Spring Hill Mausoleum, April 2009
Location 1554 Farnsworth Dr., Charleston, West Virginia
Coordinates 38°21′11″N 81°36′57″W / 38.35306°N 81.61583°W / 38.35306; -81.61583Coordinates: 38°21′11″N 81°36′57″W / 38.35306°N 81.61583°W / 38.35306; -81.61583
Built 1869
Architect Vosburgh,A.J.
Architectural style Moorish
NRHP Reference #

85003360

[1]
Added to NRHP October 18, 1985

Spring Hill Cemetery Historic District is a national historic district located at Charleston, West Virginia. The district is a 172-acre (70 ha) site located on a series of tree shaded and landscaped hills overlooking central Charleston and includes the following cemeteries: Spring Hill Cemetery (established 1869), Mountain View Cemetery, B'nai Israel Cemetery, Lowenstein Cemetery, and Mount Olivet Cemetery. It is West Virginia's largest cemetery complex. The district features Spring Hill Mausoleum, a stone faced reinforced concrete structure constructed in 1910.[2] It includes the graves of West Virginia Governors William A. MacCorkle (1857-1930) and George W. Atkinson (1845-1925).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form" (PDF). Spring Hill Cemetery Historic District. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. 2009-04-04.


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