Confederate Soldier Monument in Lexington

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Confederate Soldier Monument in Lexington
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Location:	Lexington, Kentucky
Coordinates:	38°3′35.05″N 84°30′33.54″W / 38.0597361, -84.5093167Coordinates: 38°3′35.05″N 84°30′33.54″W / 38.0597361, -84.5093167
Built/Founded:	1893
Architectural style(s):	No Style Listed
Added to NRHP:	July 17, 1997
NRHP Reference#:	97000703 ^[1]
MPS:	Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS
Governing body:	Local

Front view, with Ladies' Confederate Memorial in background

Confederate Soldier Monument in Lexington, in Lexington Cemetery in Lexington, Kentucky, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 17, 1997, as part of the Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS.

Close to the Monument is the Ladies' Confederate Memorial, also part of the Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS. Four residents of Lexington with means funded the construction of the monuments, buying a statue built in Carrera, Italy from a catalog, and in 1893 was erected by the Muldoon Monument Company. The names of 160 veterans of the Confederate Army are inscribed on the monolith.^[2]

[edit] References

^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
^ Civil War in Kentucky

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