Confederate Monument in Murray
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| Confederate Monument in Murray | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location: | Jct. of KY 94 and Ky 121, Murray, Kentucky |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: |
| Built/Founded: | 1917 |
| Architect: | Mcneil Marble Co., Marietta, GA |
| Architectural style(s): | No Style Listed |
| Added to NRHP: | July 17, 1997 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 97000711 |
| MPS: | Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS |
| Governing body: | Local |
The Confederate Monument in Murray is a historic statue located in the northeast corner of the Calloway County Courthouse in Murray, Kentucky.[2]
The fountain was funded after three years by the J. N. Williams Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1917, whose chairman died during that period; her name was placed upon the monument in tribute. The U.D.C. paid $2,500 to Marietta, Georgia's McNeel Monument Company for the monument.[3][4]
The 16.5 foot tall monument has three parts. The bottom is a porcelain drinking fountain; when it was a working fountain, a step pedal was used to obtain water. It was by far the most elaborate and modern of the Civil War fountain monuments.[5] (The other three fountains are the Confederate Memorial in Mayfield, Confederate Memorial Fountain in Hopkinsville, and the Confederate Monument of Cadiz.) Four six-foot-tall Doric columns support a granite canopy. Inside the canopy is an ornate iron light fixture with four incandescent bulbs to light the fountain. On top are four marble balls and a 5.5 feet tall marble statue of Robert E. Lee, making it the only monument in Kentucky that heavily features Robert E. Lee;[6] the only other monument in Kentucky with a likeness of Lee is Bardstown, Kentucky's Confederate Monument of Bardstown which has only a small relief portrait of Lee below the large statue of a Confederate soldier.[7][8]
During the war, Murray/Calloway County saw 800 of its citizens serve in the Confederate Army, as opposed to 200 who served in the Union Army.[9]
On July 17, 1997, the Confederate Monument in Murray was one of sixty-one different monuments related to the Civil War in Kentucky placed on the National Register of Historic Places, as part of the Civil War Monuments of Kentucky Multiple Property Submission.[10]
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 Front view |
 Monument with courthouse in view |
[edit] References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2008-04-15).
- ^ Murray, Ky. Trailsrus.com, Accessed November 12, 2008
- ^ Brent, Joseph. Confederate Monument in Murray NRHP Nomination Form (Kentucky Heritage Council, 1997) p.1
- ^ Murray, Ky. Trailsrus.com, Accessed November 12, 2008
- ^ Brent p.1
- ^ Brent p.1
- ^ Brent p.1
- ^ Murray, Ky. Trailsrus.com, Accessed November 12, 2008
- ^ Murray, Ky. Trailsrus.com, Accessed November 12, 2008
- ^ Joseph E. Brent (January 8, 1997), National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submission: Civil War Monuments in Kentucky, 1865-1935PDF (1.81 MiB), National Park Service
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