Confederate Monument in Owensboro, Ky. | |
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| Location | Formerly located on the Daviess County Courthouse lawn, 3rd and Frederica Streets (northeast), Owensboro, Kentucky. Pedestal relocated 26 August 2022. Sculpture relocated November 2022. |
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| Built | Dedicated 21 September 1900 |
| Architect | George Julian Zolnay, sculptor; John Williams Foundry, New York, N.Y., bronze casting; Weony & Brown, Richmond, Va., granite pedestal |
| MPS | Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 97000708[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 17, 1997 |
The Confederate Monument in Owensboro, Ky., was a 16-foot-tall, two-part object — a 7-foot-tall bronze sculpture atop a 9-foot-tall granite pedestal — located at the southwest corner of the Daviess County Courthouse lawn, at the intersection of Third and Frederica Streets, in Owensboro, Kentucky.[2] Nearly 122 years after the monument was dedicated in September 1900, the monument was dismantled in 2022, beginning with the removal of the sculpture in May 2022; the sculpture was placed in storage, pending a decision on what to do with it.[3]
The pedestal was removed in August 2022 and given to the Kentucky United Daughters of the Confederacy, who relocated the pedestal to a Civil War battle site in Daviess County that they own.
The sculpture was relocated to Owensboro's City Cemetery, a.k.a. Potter's Field, in November 2022, with ownership transferred to the Owensboro Museum of Science and History.
- ^ "National Register Information System – (#97000708)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Owensboro, Ky. Trailsrus.com, Accessed November 12, 2008
- ^ "Crews remove Confederate statue outside Kentucky courthouse". ABC News. Retrieved 2022-06-01.