Spring Hill Cemetery Historic District

Spring Hill Cemetery Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Spring Hill Mausoleum, April 2009
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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 No.	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]

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  Spring Hill View of Downtown Charleston, April 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