{"nrhp_refnum":"83000196","name":"Myrtle Hill Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bounded by S. Broad, and Myrtle Sts., Pennington, and Branham Aves.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rome","county":"Floyd County","state":"GA","lat":34.25257091650005,"lon":-85.17948348192634,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-09-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Landscape Architecture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Myrtle Hill Cemetery is a city-owned cemetery district of about 22 acres on a steep hillside in South Rome, Floyd County, Georgia, laid out in the 1850s where the Etowah and Oostanaula Rivers join to form the Coosa.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it was a major component of Rome's early town plan and an important early Georgia example of a picturesque \"rural\" cemetery. It also holds a group of seven late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century marble vaults typical of funerary architecture of the period. Its curving layout contrasts with Rome's otherwise gridiron street plan.","narrative":"Myrtle Hill Cemetery occupies a steep hillside in South Rome, Georgia, near the point where the Etowah and Oostanaula Rivers meet to form the Coosa. The City of Rome bought the land in the early 1850s to replace Oak Hill, the original cemetery, which had become too small as the town grew. Colonel C.M. Pennington designed about half of the present cemetery in the picturesque rural style, with curving drives, stone terracing and informal landscaping. Later additions followed his approach, so the grounds look unified. Iron fences, many made locally by the Noble and McCoullough Foundry, and a long flight of steps at the east entrance add to the park-like setting. Seven marble vaults built between 1891 and 1940, most by the McNeel Marble Company of Marietta, represent typical funerary architecture. The cemetery also includes a large Confederate section and areas for paupers and Black residents. It was listed for community planning, landscape architecture and architecture.","period_of_significance":"1850s to present","architect_builder":"Col. C.M. Pennington","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and in use as a cemetery, with the northern edge used as a city park; condition marked excellent, good and fair, with some deterioration and alteration noted.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.174447-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/83000196.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000196/6c5a17d200-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000196/6c5a17d200-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Culby (talk)Cculber007 Uploaded by Cculber007 at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MHC_Main_Gate.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Culby (talk)Cculber007 Uploaded by Cculber007 at en.wikipedia</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MHC_Main_Gate.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208001","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrtle_Hill_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6948625"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/floyd-county/myrtle-hill-cemetery-83000196/"}