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Harding Memorial
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 | Subjects: Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923--Death & burial--Ohio--Marion; Monuments--Ohio;
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio);
Collection: Ohio Guide Photographs
Source: State Archives Series 1039 AV
Item ID: OhioGuide: SA1039AV_B08F19_001_1.tif
Description: The Harding Memorial is the burial location of President Warren G. Harding and First Lady Florence Kling Harding. It is located in Marion, Ohio at the southeast corner of Vernon Heights Boulevard and Delaware Avenue. Construction of the memorial begun in 1926 with funds raised by popular subscriptions and was completed in the early winter of 1927. The memorial was formally dedicated on June 16, 1931, by President Hoover and Governor George White of Ohio. The structure is constructed of white Georgia marble and was designed by Henry Hornbustle, Edward Mellon, and Erie Fisher Wood of Pittsburgh. It is 103' in diameter and 53' in height. The open design honors the Hardings' wishes that they be buried outside. The structure is circular in form with a free-standing Doric colonnade on the exterior. In the approximate center of the monument, on a circular plot open to the sky, are the sarcophagi of the Hardings, covered by two slabs of emerald pearl Labrador granite. On the tome of President Harding is a bronze palm wreath and that of Mrs. Harding, a bronze wreath of roses.
Width: 5976 pixels
Height: 4910 pixels
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