Keokuk National Cemetery
Map
Coordinates:
+40.39948, -91.4051140°23'58" N, 91°24'18" W
Quadrangle map:Keokuk
Description
The Keokuk National Cemetery Lodge was constructed in 1870 following standard plans supplied by General Montgomery C. Meigs of the Quartermaster Corps. This was the standard design for all national cemetery lodges during the late nineteenth century. Of those constructed, over two dozen are known to survive. In 1927 a hot water heating system was installed. In 1931 the present kitchen replaced an earlier kitchen and the stairway was reconstructed in a new configuration. In the 1960's the lodge was renovated with new interior finishes, a new roof, aluminum combination sash, and enclosure of the front porch. -- Historic American Buildings Survey
National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 4, 1997
- Reference number
- 97000528
- Architectural style
- Victorian: Second Empire
- Areas of significance
- Architecture; Military
- Level of significance
- National
- Evaluation criteria
- A - Event; C - Design/Construction
- Property type
- Site
- Historic function
- Cemetery
- Current function
- Cemetery
- Periods of significance
- 1850-1874; 1875-1899; 1900-1924; 1925-1949
- Significant year
- 1862
- Number of properties
- Contributing buildings: 1
Contributing structures: 2
Contributing sites: 1
Contributing objects: 3
Non-contributing buildings: 2
Non-contributing structures: 1
Update Log
- April 6, 2017: New Street View added by Bill Eichelberger