Wooldridge Monuments

Wooldridge Monuments
Wooldridge Monuments is located in Kentucky
Wooldridge Monuments
Wooldridge Monuments is located in the United States
Wooldridge Monuments
LocationMaplewood Cemetery, Mayfield, Kentucky
Coordinates36°44′59″N 88°38′9″W / 36.74972°N 88.63583°W / 36.74972; -88.63583
Built1892
ArchitectPaducah Marble Works; Pryor & Radford Monument Works
NRHP reference No.80001533 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 11, 1980

The Wooldridge Monuments are a series of historical monuments located in Maplewood Cemetery of Mayfield, Kentucky. They were built for Colonel Henry G. Wooldridge, to commemorate family members and other loved ones of his life, from 1892 until Wooldridge's death on May 30, 1899.[2] Wooldridge is the only one buried at the site.[3] The lot has been called "The Strange Procession Which Never Moves".[4]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ AIC
  3. ^ Wells p.7.1
  4. ^ Reigler