Confederate Monument in Paducah
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Confederate Monument in Paducah
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| Location | Oak Grove Cemetery. W of jct. of Park Ave. and 13th St., Paducah, Kentucky |
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Built | 1907 |
| Architectural style | No Style Listed |
| MPS | Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS |
| NRHP Reference # | 97000678 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 17, 1997 |
The Confederate Monument in Paducah, located northwest of downtown Paducah, Kentucky is a historic monument located in Paducah's Oak Grove Cemetery.
It was built in 1907 on behalf of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. It is a 20-foot-tall (6.1 m) granite obelisk.[2] Six Confederate war dead are buried by the monument.[3]
On July 17, 1997, it was one of sixty-one different monuments to the Civil War in Kentucky placed on the National Register of Historic Places, as part of the Civil War Monuments of Kentucky Multiple Property Submission. One other monument on the list, the Lloyd Tilghman Memorial, is nearby.
References
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- ↑ Paducah, Ky. Trailsrus.com
- ↑ Brent, Joseph. Confederate Monument in Paducah NRHP Nomination Form (Kentucky Heritage Council, 1997)
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