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]
See also
- List of monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Jefferson County, Arkansas
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Pine Bluff Confederate Monument" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
- ^ a b Pine Bluff Confederate statue comes down in agreement. Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Retrieved 20 June 2020
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