Spring Hill Cemetery Historic District is a national

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located at

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, United States. The district is a 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

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, Member of the

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from 1913 to 1915 * Joseph H. Gaines, Member of the

from 1901 to 1911 *

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, Member of the

from 1895 to 1897 *

Adam Brown Littlepage Adam Brown Littlepage (April 14, 1859 – June 29, 1921) was a lawyer and Democratic politician from West Virginia who served as a United States Representative. Congressman Littlepage was born near Charleston, West Virginia, in Kanawha County ...

, Member of the

from 1911 to 1913, 1915 to 1917 and 1917 to 1919 *

William A. MacCorkle William Alexander MacCorkle (May 7, 1857 – September 24, 1930), was an American teacher, lawyer, prosecutor, the ninth governor of West Virginia and state legislator of West Virginia, and financier. His residence in Charleston, known as Sunris ...

, 9th

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, Representative for

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* Charles P. Snyder, Member of the

from 1883 to 1889 * George W. Summers, Representative for

in the

from 1841 to 1843 and 1843 to 1845, also Whig nominee for

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in the 1851 election * Emanuel Willis Wilson, 7th

It was listed on the

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in 1985.

Gallery

Image:Spring Hill View Apr 09.JPG, Spring Hill View of Downtown Charleston, April 2009

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
{{National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Buildings and structures in Charleston, West Virginia Historic districts in Charleston, West Virginia Moorish Revival architecture in West Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Charleston, West Virginia Protected areas of Kanawha County, West Virginia Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Rural cemeteries