American Fork Cemetery Rock Wall

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American Fork Cemetery Rock Wall
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Location600 North 100 East
American Fork, Utah
United States
Coordinates 40°23′23″N111°47′45″W / 40.389754°N 111.79594°W / 40.389754; -111.79594
Arealess than one acre
Built1937, 1938
Built by Works Progress Administration
NRHP reference No. 94001207 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 7, 1994

The American Fork Cemetery Rock Wall on North 100 East in American Fork, Utah, United States, was built in 1937 and 1938. It was a work of the Works Progress Administration. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. [1]

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The south wall is 923 feet long and the east wall is 817 feet long, ignoring breaks for entrances. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Egleston, Elizabeth (July 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: American Fork Cemetery Rock Wall". nps.gov. National Park Service . Retrieved November 25, 2018. and accompanying photos