Green Hill Cemetery Historic District

Green Hill Cemetery Historic District
Location 486 E. Burke St., Martinsburg, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°27′13″N 77°57′20″W / 39.45361°N 77.95556°W / 39.45361; -77.95556Coordinates: 39°27′13″N 77°57′20″W / 39.45361°N 77.95556°W / 39.45361; -77.95556
Area 19 acres (7.7 ha)
Architect Small, Wendell S.; Strother, David Hunter
Architectural style Shingle Style
MPS Berkeley County MRA
NRHP Reference #

80004433

[1]
Added to NRHP December 10, 1980

Green Hill Cemetery Historic District is a national historic district located at Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It encompasses two contributing buildings, one contributing site, and 22 contributing objects. The rural cemetery was designed in 1854 by David Hunter Strother. It includes a Neoclassical Revival style mausoleum (1917-1918) and a Shingle Style caretaker's lodge (1901). The cemetery includes a number of notable monuments.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Tony P. Wrenn (November 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Green Hill Cemetery Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-02.


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