Little Rock Confederate Memorial

Little Rock Confederate Memorial
Location Little Rock National Cemetery, jct. of 21st and Barber Sts., Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates 33°49′26″N 92°15′50″W / 33.82389°N 92.26389°W / 33.82389; -92.26389Coordinates: 33°49′26″N 92°15′50″W / 33.82389°N 92.26389°W / 33.82389; -92.26389
Area less than one acre
Built 1913 (1913)
Architectural style Classical Revival
Part of Little Rock National Cemetery (#96001496)
MPS Civil War Commemorative Sculpture MPS
NRHP Reference # 96000499[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 3, 1996
Designated CP December 20, 1996

The Little Rock Confederate Memorial is a stone memorial marker in Little Rock National Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas. Set in an overflow area of the cemetery on 21st and Barber Streets, it is a granite obelisk, mounted in a concrete base, measuring 18 feet (5.5 m) in height and a square base 67 inches (1.7 m) per side. Midway up the west side of the obelisk "U.D.C." is inscribed, with "1913" at the base of that side. Inscriptions on the sides of the base commemorate fallen Confederate Army soldiers. It was placed in 1913, paid for by the local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The ceremony marked the first time that the federal government formally took charge of a former Confederate military cemetery.[2]

The memorial was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Little Rock Confederate Memorial" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-12-16.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, March 31, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.