The Memorial Arch is a historic memorial arch located in Memorial Park at Huntington,

Cabell County, West Virginia Cabell County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 94,350, making it West Virginia's fourth most-populous county. Its county seat is Huntington. The county was organized in 1809 and ...

. It was built between 1924 and 1929 by the Cabell County War Memorial Association as a memorial to the dead and to those who served the county in

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. It is built of gray Indiana limestone on a gray

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base. It measures 42 feet high, 34 feet wide, and 9 feet deep. It features

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style

bas-relief Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces remain attached to a solid background of the same material. The term ''relief'' is from the Latin verb , to raise (). To create a sculpture in relief is to give the impression that th ...

carvings. The structure was rededicated in 1980. It is the only triumphal style arch in West Virginia. It was listed on the

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in 1981.

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World War I memorials in the United States Neoclassical architecture in West Virginia Buildings and structures completed in 1924 Buildings and structures in Huntington, West Virginia Triumphal arches in the United States National Register of Historic Places in Cabell County, West Virginia Monuments and memorials on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia 1924 sculptures 1924 establishments in West Virginia Stone sculptures in West Virginia Limestone sculptures in the United States Granite sculptures in West Virginia Parks on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Municipal parks in West Virginia Parks in Huntington, West Virginia {{CabellCountyWV-NRHP-stub

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