- Confederate Monument in Versailles
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Confederate Monument in Versailles
Location: Versailles, Kentucky Coordinates: 38°2′56.93″N 84°43′44.08″W / 38.0491472°N 84.7289111°WCoordinates: 38°2′56.93″N 84°43′44.08″W / 38.0491472°N 84.7289111°W Governing body: Local MPS: Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS NRHP Reference#: 97000662[1] Added to NRHP: July 17, 1997 The Confederate Monument, in the city cemetery of Versailles, Kentucky, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 17, 1997, as part of the Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS.
The monument, with it unique shape, was made of white marble and put on a base of concrete and limestone. It was erected in 1877. Names of Confederate veterans are on each side of the hexagon, with graves encircling it.[2]
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Front view from a distance
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Back view
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Confederate Memorial Versailles City Cemetery (Woodford County), TrailsRUs.com
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- National Register of Historic Places in Woodford County, Kentucky
- Buildings and structures in Woodford County, Kentucky
- Confederate States of America monuments and memorials in Kentucky
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