{"nrhp_refnum":"76001485","name":"Harding Tomb","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Marion Cemetery","address_restricted":false,"city":"Marion","county":"Marion County","state":"OH","lat":40.573126510000066,"lon":-83.12284357999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-06-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A circular white marble memorial and tomb in Marion Cemetery, Marion, Ohio, built in 1926-1927 and designed by Henry Hornbostel. It holds the crypts of President Warren G. Harding and his wife.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the memorial is one of the most impressive in Ohio, with a Greek tholos-like form whose simplicity gives it the dignity of a presidential tomb. It is also a tribute to Harding, a native Ohioan, and to its designer Henry Hornbostel. It was nominated as an exception to the fifty-year rule.","narrative":"Harding Tomb is a circular marble memorial in Marion Cemetery, Marion, Ohio, built in 1926-1927 to hold the crypts of President Warren G. Harding and his wife. It measures 103 feet across and 52 feet high, and is made of Georgia white marble on a stone foundation. A ring of tapering Doric columns surrounds a plain wall with a blank frieze and cornice, and the structure has no roof. The interior has Ionic columns, and the crypts lie under flat granite stones set in a bed of myrtle with a willow tree at the head. The Harding Memorial Association raised nearly $978,000 by national subscription, and Pittsburgh architect Henry Hornbostel won a design competition. Harding's body was placed in the tomb in December 1927, but scandals from his administration delayed the dedication until President Herbert Hoover agreed to it in 1931. The memorial was valued for its simplicity, which matched Harding's wish for a plain resting place.","period_of_significance":"1926-27","architect_builder":"Henry Hornbostel (Pittsburgh), architect; E. Elford & Son of Columbus, construction firm","architectural_style":"Neo-Classical Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as unaltered and in good condition, with unrestricted access; it is used as a memorial.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.190605-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/76001485.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001485/d949d3dc7f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001485/d949d3dc7f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"User:Postdlf","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harding_Tomb-2011_07_12_IMG_0879.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Postdlf</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harding_Tomb-2011_07_12_IMG_0879.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990175","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harding_Tomb","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5656121"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/marion-county/harding-tomb-76001485/"}