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Pine Bluff Confederate Monument

Coordinates: 34°13′49″N 92°0′11″W / 34.23028°N 92.00306°W / 34.23028; -92.00306
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Pine Bluff Confederate Monument
The monument in 2016
Pine Bluff Confederate Monument is located in Arkansas
Pine Bluff Confederate Monument
Location in Arkansas
Pine Bluff Confederate Monument is located in the United States
Pine Bluff Confederate Monument
Location in United States
LocationNorth side of Jefferson Cty. Courthouse, jct. of Barraque and Main Sts., Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Coordinates34°13′49″N 92°0′11″W / 34.23028°N 92.00306°W / 34.23028; -92.00306
Arealess than one acre
Built1910 (1910)
Built byMcNeel Marble Co.
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPSCivil War Commemorative Sculpture MPS
NRHP reference No.96000464[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 26, 1996
Removed from NRHPMay 12, 2021

The Pine Bluff Confederate Monument has long been located in front of the Jefferson County courthouse, at Barraque and Main Streets in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. It depicts a standing Confederate Army soldier, holding a rifle whose butt rests on the ground. The statue, built out of Georgia marble by the McNeel Marble Company, stands on a stone base 15 feet (4.6 m) in height and 10 by 10 feet (3.0 m × 3.0 m) at the base. It was placed in 1910 by the local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.[2]

The monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1] On June 20, 2020, the monument was removed from the Jefferson County courthouse as part of a cooperative agreement between County Judge Gerald Robinson and the United Daughters of the Confederacy.[3] The statue was then moved to an undisclosed location for storage where it can be cleaned and repaired.[3]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Pine Bluff Confederate Monument" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  3. ^ a b Pine Bluff Confederate statue comes down in agreement. Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Retrieved 20 June 2020