Spring Hill Cemetery Historic District

Spring Hill Cemetery Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
File:Spring Hill Mausoleum Apr 09.JPG
Spring Hill Mausoleum, April 2009
Location	1554 Farnsworth Dr., Charleston, West Virginia
Coordinates
Built	1869
Architect	Vosburgh,A.J.
Architectural style	Moorish
NRHP Reference #	85003360
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.

Gallery

• Spring Hill View Apr 09.JPG

  Spring Hill View of Downtown Charleston, April 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