Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 96000449 Architectural style Neoclassical architecture | Built 1915 (1915) Opened 1915 Added to NRHP 26 April 1996 | |
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Location Oakland Cemetery, E of jct. of Oakland Ave. and Hyatt St., Monticello, Arkansas MPS Civil War Commemorative Sculpture MPS | ||
The Monticello Confederate Monument stands at the end of the main entrance road to the Oaklawn Cemetery in Monticello, Arkansas. It was dedicated in 1915 to the Confederate soldiers of Drew County who served in the American Civil War. The main sculpture, which is made of marble, depicts a uniformed Confederate soldier carrying a blanket roll, and wearing a scabbard. He stands with both hands on a rifle, whose butt end is on the ground. It measures 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and about 20 inches (51 cm) square, and stands on a marble base 20 feet (6.1 m) high. It is inscribed as follows:
The monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
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