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:
^"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.
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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
January 01, 1970
spring, hill, cemetery, historic, district, national, historic, district, located, charleston, west, virginia, united, states, district, acre, site, located, series, tree, shaded, landscaped, hills, overlooking, central, charleston, includes, following, cemete. 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 VirginiaSpring Hill Cemetery Historic DistrictU S National Register of Historic PlacesU S Historic districtSpring Hill Mausoleum April 2009Show map of West VirginiaShow map of the United StatesLocation1554 Farnsworth Dr Charleston West VirginiaCoordinates38 21 11 N 81 36 57 W 38 35306 N 81 61583 W 38 35306 81 61583Built1869ArchitectVosburgh A J Architectural styleMoorishNRHP reference No 85003360 1 Added to NRHPOctober 18 1985 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 1 Gallery edit nbsp Spring Hill View of Downtown Charleston April 2009References edit 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 editNational 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Spring Hill Cemetery Historic District amp oldid 1173218016, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
