National Register of Historic Places

Perry, William F., Monument

Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky
Listed
July 16, 1997
Type
Object
Period
Listed
Ref No.
97000664

About this property

The William F. Perry Monument is a historical gravestone located at Fairview Cemetery in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It is an oversized limestone headstone. It marks the grave of Confederate General William F. Perry of the Army of Northern Virginia, who would after the war serve on the faculty of Ogden College in Bowling Green, which is now Western Kentucky University. It was placed by his students at the college after he died on December 18, 1901 (The gravestone makes a mistake and says that he died on December 7, 1901.). On July 17, 1997, it was one of sixty-one Civil War monuments in Kentucky added to the National Register of Historic Places, as part of the Civil War Monuments of Kentucky Multiple Property Submission. One other monument on the list, the Confederate Monument of Bowling Green, is nearby in Fairview Cemetery.

Location

Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky
36.99350, -86.42125

Categories

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Sources

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When was Perry, William F., Monument listed on the National Register?

Perry, William F., Monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 16, 1997.

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Perry, William F., Monument is classified as a object in the National Register of Historic Places.

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