Adams Memorial (Saint-Gaudens)

Adams Memorial
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
D.C. Inventory of Historic Sites
The Adams Memorial by Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Stanford White (2007)
Location	Rock Creek Cemetery Webster St. and Rock Creek Church Rd., NW. Washington, D.C.
Coordinates	38°56′50.5″N 77°0′37″W / 38.947361°N 77.01028°W / 38.947361; -77.01028
Built	1891
Architect	Augustus Saint-Gaudens Stanford White
NRHP reference No.	72001420
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	March 16, 1972
Designated DCIHS	November 8, 1964

The Adams Memorial is a grave marker for Marian Hooper Adams and Henry Adams located in Section E of Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. The memorial features a cast bronze allegorical sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (which he called The Mystery of the Hereafter and The Peace of God that Passeth Understanding, but which was often called in the newspapers "Grief"). Saint-Gaudens' shrouded-figure statue is seated against a granite block which takes up one side of a hexagonal plaza, designed by architect Stanford White. Across from the statue is a stone bench for visitors. The whole is sheltered by a close screen of dense conifers.