James Monroe Tomb


  • Address: 412 S Cherry St
  • Vicinity: Hollywood Cemetery
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Structure

This tomb, a small-scale architectural masterpiece, contains the remains of President James Monroe. Upon his death in New York City on July 4, 1831, his body was interred in that city's Marble (Second Street) Cemetery. In 1858, the 100th anniversary of his birth, municipal officials and representatives of the State of Virginia decided that the remains should be returned to his home State for reburial. The Virginia legislature appropriated funds for this purpose. On July 5 the body, accompanied by the 7th Regiment of the New York National Guard, arrived in Richmond on the steamboat Jamestown. That same day, an impressive burial ceremony, highlighted by a speech delivered by Gov. Henry A. Wise of Virginia, was held at the gravesite, on a high bluff overlooking the James River, in Richmond's Hollywood Cemetery.

The tomb is an ornate Gothic Revival structure. Designed by Alsatian architect Albert Lybrock, it was erected in 1859. The innovative and imaginative use of cast iron, obtained from the Philadelphia firm of Wood and Perot, provided the opportunity for a delicacy and intricacy of design that was not possible on the same scale in stone. - NPS


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1858/07/05 James Monroe Final Resting Place Reburied
1859/00/00 Albert Lybrock Architect Built

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Particulars for James Monroe Tomb:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration Birth place or grave
Architectural Style Gothic Revival
Historic Use Graves, burials
Level of Significance National
Criteria Person
Area of Significance Politics-government
Owner State
Sight Category Structure



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 71001044
Resource Type:
Owner: State
Architect: Lybrock,Albert
Architectural Style: Gothic revival
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Politics-government, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering, Person
Criteria Consideration: Birth place or grave
Period of Significance: 1850-1874
Significant Year: 1858, 1859
Associated People: Monroe,James
Historic Function: Funerary
Historic Sub-Function: Graves, burials
Current Function: Funerary
Current Sub-Function: Graves, burials

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