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James A. Garfield Memorial

The James A. Garfield Memorial is a memorial for and the final resting place of assassinated President James A. Garfield, located in Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio. The memorial, which began construction in October 1885 and was dedicated on May 30, 1890, exhibits a combination of Byzantine, Gothic, and Romanesque Revival architectural styles. Garfield, former First Lady Lucretia Garfield, and two other members of the Garfield family are entombed in the crypt level of the monument.

This article is about the memorial in Cleveland. For the memorial in Washington, D.C., see James A. Garfield Monument. For the memorial in Philadelphia, see James Garfield Memorial.

Location

12316 Euclid Ave. in Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio

41°30′36″N 81°35′29″W / 41.51000°N 81.59139°W / 41.51000; -81.59139

0.5 acres (0.20 ha)

1890

George Keller; Caspar Buberl, sculptor

Gothic, Romanesque

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April 11, 1973

The monument was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

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Presidential memorials in the United States

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Morton, Marian (2004). . Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738532301.

Cleveland's Lake View Cemetery

Thayer, William M. (1889). . London: Hodder and Stoughton.

From Log-Cabin to the White House: The Story of President Garfield's Life

Historic images from the Cleveland Memory Project