Spring Hill Cemetery Historic District

Spring Hill Cemetery Historic District
Spring Hill Mausoleum, April 2009
Spring Hill Cemetery Historic District is located in West Virginia
Spring Hill Cemetery Historic District
Spring Hill Cemetery Historic District is located in the United States
Spring Hill Cemetery Historic District
Location1554 Farnsworth Dr., Charleston, West Virginia
Coordinates38°21′11″N 81°36′57″W / 38.35306°N 81.61583°W / 38.35306; -81.61583
Built1869
ArchitectVosburgh, A.J.
Architectural styleMoorish
NRHP reference No.85003360 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 18, 1985

Spring Hill Cemetery Historic District is a national historic district located at Charleston, West Virginia, United States. 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] Notable graves throughout the cemetery include the following:

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

  1. ^ a b "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. April 4, 2009.