{"nrhp_refnum":"86003507","name":"Union Cemetery-Beatty Park","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"1720 W. Market St. and Lincoln Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Steubenville","county":"Jefferson County","state":"OH","lat":40.355885311000065,"lon":-80.63076178017901,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-02-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Landscape Architecture","Art"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district made up of Union Cemetery (about 150 acres) and adjoining Beatty Park (100 acres) on a hillside and ravine about one mile west of downtown Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio. The cemetery was established in 1854 and the park was formally created in 1930.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property is an excellent and early Ohio example of the 'rural' or 'lawn' plan cemetery, comparable to Spring Grove in Cincinnati and Woodland in Cleveland. Its original layout, topography and native vegetation remain largely intact, and later expansions followed the same design. It also holds notable Gothic Revival mausoleums, stone bridges and 1931 structures.","narrative":"Union Cemetery and Beatty Park share a steep hillside and ravine about a mile west of downtown Steubenville, Ohio. The cemetery was dedicated in 1854 on land chosen for its rustic, picturesque character, and the southern ravine was intended from the start as public recreation ground. The city acquired 100 acres as Beatty Park in 1930, adding stone entrances, picnic shelters, a swimming pool and a garage in 1931. The grounds follow the 'rural' or 'lawn' cemetery plan first seen at Mount Auburn in Boston, with looping roads, preserved natural topography, native vegetation and controlled monument design. Notable structures include a stone chapel from 1892, a Gothic Revival receiving vault, a group of sandstone mausoleums, a Soldiers and Sailors Monument from 1870, and stone bridges built by Floto & Swartz in the 1880s. The original layout has not been altered by later roads or buildings, which supports the property's standing as an early and well-preserved Ohio example of its type.","period_of_significance":"1854-1931","architect_builder":"various; includes Thomas Levering (chapel), W.J. Archer (receiving vault, Beltz Mausoleum), Floto & Swartz / Floto Brothers (bridges, chapel construction)","architectural_style":"Late Gothic Revival mausoleums and receiving vault; picturesque English idiom administration building; rural/lawn cemetery landscape plan","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition is listed as excellent and good. The cemetery and park are in use, though the 1931 swimming pool is unused and filled in, and the log cabin has been demolished.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.689065-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/86003507.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003507/2f5189f188-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003507/2f5189f188-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Roseohioresident","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Civil_War_Memorial-Union_Cemetery,_Steubenville_2012-07-13.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Roseohioresident</a>, <a href=\"https://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:Civil_War_Memorial-Union_Cemetery,_Steubenville_2012-07-13.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989488","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Cemetery-Beatty_Park","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21996411"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/jefferson-county/union-cemetery-beatty-park-86003507/"}