Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 96000460 Architectural style Neoclassical architecture | Built 1903 (1903) Opened 1903 Added to NRHP 26 April 1996 | |
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Location Courthouse Lawn, near jct. of 6th St. and Rogers Ave., Ft. Smith, Arkansas Part of Sebastian County Courthouse-Ft. Smith City Hall (#93000848) MPS Civil War Commemorative Sculpture MPS | ||
The Ft. Smith Confederate Monument stands on the grounds of the Sebastian County Courthouse at the junction of 6th and Rogers Streets in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The statue depicts a Confederate Army soldier, standing facing north, holding the upper stock of his rifle, which is grounded. The sculpture is 6 feet (1.8 m) in height, and is mounted on a square columnar pedestal over 30 feet (9.1 m) tall. The monument was placed in 1903 with funding raised by the local chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy. An earlier Confederate memorial, placed at Fort Smith National Cemetery, was destroyed by a tornado, and the federal government objected to the placement of this memorial there without alterations to also commemorate the Union dead. The city granted permission for its placement at its current location.
The monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.