Hot Springs Confederate Monument Explained

Hot Springs Confederate Monument
Location:Landmark Plaza, bounded by Market St., Ouachita and Central Aves., Hot Springs, Arkansas
Coordinates:34.5078°N -93.055°W
Builder:McNeel Marble Co.
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:April 26, 1996
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:96000457

The Hot Springs Confederate Monument is located in Landmark Plaza in central Hot Springs, Arkansas. It is a marble representation of a Confederate Army soldier, manufactured by the McNeel Marble Company of Marietta, Georgia. The figure is 6feet tall, and is mounted on a granite base 12feet tall and 6 feet square. The monument was placed in 1934 by the local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and was the last Confederate monument placed in one of Arkansas' major cities.[1] Lynchings took place at the site in the decades before its construction.[2]

The monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

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  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Hot Springs Confederate Monument. Arkansas Preservation. 2015-10-07.
  2. Web site: Lynchings hidden in the history of the Hot Springs Confederate monument. Guy. Lancaster. August 18, 2017.