Pine Bluff Confederate Monument | |
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
Location in Arkansas | |
Location | North side of Jefferson Cty. Courthouse, jct. of Barraque and Main Sts., Pine Bluff, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 34°13′49″N92°0′11″W / 34.23028°N 92.00306°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1910 |
Built by | McNeel Marble Co. |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
MPS | Civil War Commemorative Sculpture MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 96000464 [1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | April 26, 1996 |
Removed from NRHP | May 12, 2021 |
The Pine Bluff Confederate Monument has long been located in front of the Jefferson County courthouse, at Barraque and Main Streets in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. It depicts a standing Confederate Army soldier, holding a rifle whose butt rests on the ground. The statue, built out of Georgia marble by the McNeel Marble Company, stands on a stone base 15 feet (4.6 m) in height and 10 by 10 feet (3.0 m × 3.0 m) at the base. It was placed in 1910 by the local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. [2]
The monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. [1] On June 20, 2020, the monument was removed from the Jefferson County courthouse as part of a cooperative agreement between County Judge Gerald Robinson and the United Daughters of the Confederacy. [3] The statue was then moved to an undisclosed location for storage where it can be cleaned and repaired. [3]
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