Memorial Arch (Huntington, West Virginia)

Memorial Arch (Huntington, West Virginia)
Memorial Arch
Memorial Arch (Huntington, West Virginia) is located in West Virginia
Location: Memorial Park, Huntington, West Virginia
Coordinates: 38°24′23″N 82°27′46″W / 38.40639°N 82.46278°W / 38.40639; -82.46278Coordinates: 38°24′23″N 82°27′46″W / 38.40639°N 82.46278°W / 38.40639; -82.46278
Area: 0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built: 1924
Architect: Meanor & Handloser; Et al.
Architectural style: Classical Revival
NRHP Reference#:

81000597

[1]
Added to NRHP: April 16, 1981

The Memorial Arch is a historic memorial arch located in Memorial Park at Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia. It was built between 1924 and 1929 by the Cabell County War Memorial Association as a memorial to the dead and to those who served the county in World War I. It is built of gray Indiana limestone on a gray granite base. It measures 42 feet high, 34 feet wide, and 9 feet deep. It features Classical Revival style bas-relief carvings. The structure was rededicated in 1980. It is the only triumphal style arch in West Virginia.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ Rodney S. Collins (December 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Memorial Arch". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/cabell/81000597.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-23. 

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