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Kent County Civil War Monument

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Location
  
Grand Rapids, Michigan

NRHP Reference #
  
04000690

Area
  
800 m²

Built
  
1885

Opened
  
1885

Added to NRHP
  
14 July 2004

Kent County Civil War Monument httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Architect
  
Monumental Bronze Company

Architectural style
  
cast zinc monument with fountain

Similar
  
La Grande Vitesse, Cathedral of Saint Andrew, Fountain Street Church, Aquinas College, Mark Ridley's Comedy

The Kent County Civil War Monument is an historic landmark at in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Plans for the monument were made, and fundraising started, before the end of the American Civil War. The monument was dedicated on September 17, 1885. As was typical of many such monuments, the memorial was cast in zinc. The monument is in a small triangular downtown park, bounded by Division Avenue and Monroe Avenue.

Restoration

The monument was restored in 2003, and again in 2014.

References

Kent County Civil War Monument Wikipedia