The Harding Memorial is located in Marion, Ohio at the southeast corner of Vernon Heights Boulevard and Delaware Avenue.

The Harding Memorial is the burial location of President Warren G. Harding and First Lady Florence Kling Harding. Begun in 1926 and finished in the early winter of 1927, the structure is built of white marble. Designed by Henry Hornbostel , Eric Wood and Edward Mellon , the structure is 103 in diameter and 53 in height. The open design honors the Harding’s wishes that they be buried outside.

At their deaths, the bodies of the Harding’s were entombed in the “receiving vault” of the Marion Cemetery. Once the Harding Memorial was completed in 1927, the bodies were removed from the vault and placed in Memorial’s sarcophagus and sealed. The Harding Memorial was dedicated in 1931 by President Herbert Hoover.

Ownership of the Harding Memorial was transferred from the Harding Memorial Association to the Ohio Historical Society in the 1980s. A full restoration was undertaken in the 1980’s.

External Links

• The Ohio Historical Society Harding Memorial Site Information

• Yahoo! Map, Harding Memorial, Marion, Ohio