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Oak Hill Mausoleum

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Area
  
less than one acre

MPS
  
Benton County MRA

Opened
  
1916

Added to NRHP
  
6 December 1996

Built
  
1916 (1916)

NRHP Reference #
  
96001412

Architectural style
  
Neoclassical architecture

Oak Hill Mausoleum

Location
  
Oak Hill Cemetery, W of jct. of Benton St. and AR 43, Siloam Springs, Arkansas

The Oak Hill Mausoleum, now Oak Hill Chapel, is a historic religious and funerary building in Oak Hill Cemetery, the oldest cemetery in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. The massive granite Classical Revival structure was built in 1916 with funding raised by a local citizen group, and originally had a capacity of 72 burials. The building deteriorated in condition, and its burials were relocated elsewhere within the cemetery. It was rescued from demolition and restored for use as a chapel. The building is regionally distinctive, because northwestern Arkansas is not known for having mausoleums at all, and the heavy stonework and Classical Revival styling are also fairly rare in the area.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

References

Oak Hill Mausoleum Wikipedia