Spring Hill Cemetery Historic District
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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°WCoordinates: 38°21′11″N 81°36′57″W / 38.35306°N 81.61583°W |
Built | 1869 |
Architect | Vosburgh,A.J. |
Architectural style | Moorish |
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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. 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.
Spring Hill View of Downtown Charleston, April 2009