{"nrhp_refnum":"74001575","name":"Mound Cemetery Mound","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"N of Chester in Mound Cemetery","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chester","county":"Meigs County","state":"OH","lat":39.113400383000055,"lon":-81.92333025099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-05-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Prehistoric"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A conical earthen burial mound about 54 feet across and 11.7 feet high, located in the center of Mound Cemetery on Summer Road, about 1.8 miles north of Chester in Meigs County, Ohio. It is probably prehistoric and is owned by Chester Township.","why_significant":"The mound is thought to be an Adena construction because of its subconical, symmetrical shape and its hilltop location near a river tributary. It is unusually well preserved for an area where most archaeological work was done by amateurs. It likely covers a log tomb of a person of high status.","narrative":"Near Chester in Meigs County, Ohio, a grass-covered earthen mound rises in the middle of a township cemetery beside Summer Road. It measures 54 feet across at the base and 11.7 feet high, and sits on a rise about 80 feet above the Middle Branch of the Shade River. The mound is probably the work of the Adena people, who lived in Ohio from about 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400, based on its symmetrical, subconical shape and its position near a tributary of a major river. It likely covers the log tomb of an individual of high political, social and religious standing, and a timber circular structure may once have stood on the spot. Plowed fields around the cemetery may have erased related features. Because it lies within a cemetery, the mound has escaped the damage common to many such sites, and it shows no signs of amateur digging. Its unusually good preservation is the main reason it was listed.","period_of_significance":"1000 B.C. - A.D. 400","architect_builder":"Probably built by the Adena people (not confirmed)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Excellent condition, unaltered and on its original site; no trees on it, grass kept mowed, no excavation scars or historic graves in the mound. Used as a cemetery.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.237064-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/74001575.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001575/4629a985a8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001575/4629a985a8-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mound_Cemetery_Mound_near_Chester.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mound_Cemetery_Mound_near_Chester.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990243","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mound_Cemetery_Mound_(Chester,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14716731"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/meigs-county/mound-cemetery-mound-74001575/"}