- Source: Spring Hill Cemetery Historic District
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.
Notable graves throughout the cemetery include the following:
George W. Atkinson, 10th Governor of West Virginia
Samuel B. Avis, Member of the United States House of Representatives from 1913 to 1915
Joseph H. Gaines, Member of the United States House of Representatives from 1901 to 1911
James Hall Huling, Member of the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1897
Adam Brown Littlepage, Member of the United States House of Representatives from 1911 to 1913, 1915 to 1917 and 1917 to 1919
William A. MacCorkle, 9th Governor of West Virginia
Samuel Augustine Miller, Representative for Virginia in Confederate States Congress
Charles P. Snyder, Member of the United States House of Representatives from 1883 to 1889
George W. Summers, Representative for Virginia in the United States House of Representatives from 1841 to 1843 and 1843 to 1845, also Whig nominee for Governor in the 1851 election
Emanuel Willis Wilson, 7th Governor of West Virginia
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
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References
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
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