Maple Hill Cemetery, Cemetery in Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, United States
Maple Hill Cemetery, also known as Evergreen Cemetery, lies on Holly Street north of central Helena on 37 acres on the east side of Crowley's Ridge above the Mississippi River. It was laid out in the rural cemetery style but keeps a largely rectilinear grid of sections. Entry is through a wrought iron archway, its posts given in 1914 and its arch in 1975.
Maple Hill Cemetery was established in 1865 and laid out in the rural cemetery style popular in the mid-19th century, though it kept a largely rectilinear grid. In 2000 most of the grounds, 28.5 acres excluding the then-empty section 6, were listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Helena's Confederate Cemetery, in the southwest corner, is separately listed.
The cemetery is also known as Evergreen Cemetery, and its entrance passes under a wrought iron archway whose posts were donated in 1914 and whose arch was added in 1975. The Confederate Cemetery in the southwest corner is listed separately on the National Register.
The entrance is on Holly Street, north of central Helena, on the east side of Crowley's Ridge above the Mississippi River. The grounds cover 37 acres, with the Confederate Cemetery in the southwest corner and the Coolidge Monument at the high point of section 3. The wrought iron entrance arch has posts from 1914 and an arch from 1975.
The largest monument here is the Coolidge Monument, a granite column 21 feet tall placed by Henry P. Coolidge on the family plot at the highest point of section 3, topped by a life-size sculpture of Coolidge himself. The cemetery's wrought iron entrance arch also has two dates: its posts were given in 1914 and the arch in 1975.
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