Spring Hill Cemetery Historic District
Spring Hill Cemetery Historic District | |
 Spring Hill Mausoleum, April 2009 | |
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| Location | 1554 Farnsworth Dr., Charleston, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°21′11″N 81°36′57″W / 38.35306°N 81.61583°W |
| Built | 1869 |
| Architect | Vosburgh, A.J. |
| Architectural style | Moorish |
| NRHP reference No. | 85003360 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 18, 1985 |
Spring Hill Cemetery Historic District is a national historic district located at Charleston, West Virginia, United States. 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] Notable graves throughout the cemetery include the following:
- George W. Atkinson, 10th Governor of West Virginia
- Samuel B. Avis, Member of the United States House of Representatives from 1913 to 1915
- Joseph H. Gaines, Member of the United States House of Representatives from 1901 to 1911
- James Hall Huling, Member of the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1897
- Adam Brown Littlepage, Member of the United States House of Representatives from 1911 to 1913, 1915 to 1917 and 1917 to 1919
- William A. MacCorkle, 9th Governor of West Virginia
- Samuel Augustine Miller, Representative for Virginia in Confederate States Congress
- Charles P. Snyder, Member of the United States House of Representatives from 1883 to 1889
- George W. Summers, Representative for Virginia in the United States House of Representatives from 1841 to 1843 and 1843 to 1845, also Whig nominee for Governor in the 1851 election
- Emanuel Willis Wilson, 7th Governor of West Virginia
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
Gallery
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Spring Hill View of Downtown Charleston, April 2009
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "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. April 4, 2009.
External links
- National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form
- Spring Hill Cemetery Park, Rules and Regulations (includes history), as adopted by the Commission on January 14, 2000
Categories:
- Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Buildings and structures in Charleston, West Virginia
- Historic districts in Charleston, West Virginia
- Moorish Revival architecture in West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Charleston, West Virginia
- Protected areas of Kanawha County, West Virginia
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Rural cemeteries