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Davis Memorial

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at the Mount Hope Cemetery, built by John Milburn Davis in honor of his wife Sarah after her death. Begun soon after her death in 1930 and completed in 1934, the monument consists of statues of the couple and a small shelter, carved from Italian
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Monuments and memorials on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas
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property in Kansas on the National Register of Historic Places
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National Register of Historic Places in Brown County, Kansas
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Davis Memorial Presbyterian Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

39°50′57″N 95°30′58″W / 39.849214°N 95.515991°W / 39.849214; -95.515991
77000571
monument
Hiawatha, Kansas
marble
Great Depression
National Register of Historic Places


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
Davis Memorial
Archived
Wayback Machine
property in Kansas on the National Register of Historic Places
stub
expanding it
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Categories
Monuments and memorials in Kansas
Marble buildings
National Register of Historic Places in Brown County, Kansas
Monuments and memorials on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas
Stone buildings in the United States

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