{"nrhp_refnum":"70000516","name":"McKinley, William, Tomb","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7th St., NW.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Canton","county":"Stark County","state":"OH","lat":40.80672801100005,"lon":-81.39255394835942,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1970-11-10","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1975-05-15","areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A domed ashlar mausoleum and memorial grounds on 7th Street NW in Canton, Stark County, Ohio, dedicated in 1907 as the tomb of President William McKinley. It is a state memorial designed by architect Harold Van Buren Magonigle.","why_significant":"The memorial honors William McKinley, 25th President of the United States, who was assassinated in 1901. It was funded entirely by public subscription and is noted for its monumental Renaissance-style design and landscape. Magonigle's detailed working drawings are also considered of interest.","narrative":"Rising 97 feet and measuring 75 feet across at its base, this ashlar mausoleum in Canton, Ohio, holds the remains of President William McKinley. A second structure inside the outer shell houses the sarcophagi, and heavy bronze doors open into the domed rotunda. Renaissance-inspired detailing is flat and restrained, while a long flight of steps, a bronze statue of McKinley delivering his last speech at Buffalo, and the surrounding lawn and tree-lined walks give the site a monumental character. Architect Harold Van Buren Magonigle reportedly imagined the building as the handle of a sheathed sword, with the grounds forming the blade. After McKinley was fatally shot in 1901, a memorial association raised $558,452.91 by public subscription, and the tomb was dedicated on September 30, 1907. The association gave the memorial and 24 acres to the State of Ohio in 1943. It was refurbished in 1965-66, and only the reflecting pool has been removed.","period_of_significance":"1907","architect_builder":"Harold Van Buren Magonigle (architect)","architectural_style":"Renaissance vein detailing","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in excellent condition and unaltered apart from removal of the reflecting pool; refurbished in 1965-66 and administered by the Ohio Historical Society as a state memorial.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.843049-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/70000516.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000516/708bd1e8d0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000516/708bd1e8d0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"CoolRockC","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_McKinley_Presidential_Library_%26_Museum.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">CoolRockC</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_McKinley_Presidential_Library_%26_Museum.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991424","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKinley_National_Memorial","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3303678"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/stark-county/mckinley-william-tomb-70000516/"}