Story Mound State Memorial
United States historic place
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Story Mound State Memorial is a Native American burial mound located in a residential area of Chillicothe, Ohio. The mound is conical with a diameter of 95 feet (29 m) and a height of 19.5 feet (5.9 m). It was built by the Adena culture, a mound-building group that lived in Ohio between approximately 800 B.C. and 100 A.D.[2] The interior of the mound featured a circular wooden building, as was typical of Adena ceremonial mounds; as of the mound's excavation in 1897, the only remains of this building were bark fragments and a circular pattern of post holes. The excavation, conducted by archaeologist Clarence Loverberry, also unearthed a skeleton surrounded by jewelry, beads, and projectile points.[3]
Story Mound State Memorial | |
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  Location within Ohio  Location within the United States | |
| Location | East of junction of Cherokee and Delano Streets, Chillicothe, Ohio |
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| Coordinates | 39°20′31″N 82°59′58″W |
| Area | 0.8 acres (0.32 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 73001529[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 7, 1973 |
The mound was donated to the state of Ohio in 1950, and it is managed as a state memorial by the Ohio History Connection.[2] The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 7, 1973.[1]
