Spring Hill Cemetery Historic District

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).

Spring Hill Cemetery Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Spring Hill Mausoleum, April 2009
Location	1554 Farnsworth Dr., Charleston, West Virginia
Coordinates	38°21′11″N 81°36′57″W
Built	1869
Architect	Vosburgh, A.J.
Architectural style	Moorish
NRHP reference No.	85003360 [1]
Added to NRHP	October 18, 1985

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

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
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.

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