Memorial Arch
Memorial Arch, October 2012
LocationMemorial Park, Huntington, West Virginia
Coordinates38°24′23″N 82°27′46″W / 38.40639°N 82.46278°W / 38.40639; -82.46278
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1924
ArchitectMeanor & Handloser; Et al.
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.81000597 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 16, 1981

The Memorial Arch is a historic memorial arch located in Memorial Park at Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia.[2] 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.[3]

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. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Memorial Arch".
  3. ^ Rodney S. Collins (December 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Memorial Arch" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 23, 2011.


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