Union Monument in Louisville
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| Union Monument in Louisville | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location: | Within Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: |
| Built/Founded: | 1914 |
| Architectural style(s): | No Style Listed |
| Added to NRHP: | July 17, 1997 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 97000687 |
| MPS: | Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS |
| Governing body: | Local |
The Union Monument in Louisville is located in Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky. It was built in 1914 from granite, honoring unknown soldiers who fought in the Union during the American Civil War.[2] It is in front of the large number of Union soldiers buried at Cave Hill.
The inscription on the monument reads: "In Memory of Unknown Union Soldiers in This Cemetery 1861-1865 Erected by Kentucky Comrades—1914".[2]
The monument was one of sixty American Civil War monuments in Kentucky that were listed together on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[3]
Cave Hill Cemetery is located at the junction of Payne St. and Lexington Rd. in Louisville.[1]
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[edit] References
- ^ a b National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
- ^ a b 36. Union Monument, Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville (Jefferson County). Trails R Us Monument descriptions. Trails R Us dot Com. Retrieved on 2008-01-03.. The item is #36, fourth on the webpage.
- ^ Joseph E. Brent (January 8, 1997), National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submission: Civil War Monuments in Kentucky, 1865-1935PDF (32 KiB), National Park Service
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