Confederate Monument in Owensboro
National Register of Historic Places

Confederate Monument in Owensboro

Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky
Listed
July 16, 1997
Type
Object
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
97000708

About this property

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. 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. 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.

Location

1 blk N of jct. of US 60 and US 431
Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky
37.77350, -87.11332

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Sources

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When was Confederate Monument in Owensboro listed on the National Register?

Confederate Monument in Owensboro was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 16, 1997.

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Confederate Monument in Owensboro is classified as a object in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Confederate Monument in Owensboro is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1900.

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