Jackson Guards Memorial Explained

Jackson Guards Memorial
Coordinates:35.6392°N -91.3119°W
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:April 26, 1996
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:96000465
Nrhp Type2:cp
Nocat:yes
Designated Nrhp Type2:January 21, 1970
Partof Refnum:70000121

The Jackson Guards Memorial is a sculpture commemorating the Jackson Guards, a unit of the Confederate Army, in Arkansas's Jacksonport State Park. The sculpture stands at Washington and Avenue Streets in the park, and depicts a standing male soldier, holding with both hands a rifle, butt on the ground. The marble sculpture is about 6feet tall, and is mounted on a granite base 20feet tall and 10feet square. Funding for the statue was raised by private subscription, and it was unveiled in 1914 in Newport, the county seat of Jackson County. It was moved to its present location in 1965.[1]

In 2017, the memorial was moved 300 feet east in preparation of construction of a new visitors center.[2]

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

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Jackson Guards Memorial. Arkansas Preservation. 2015-06-10.
  2. http://www.kait8.com/story/37345154/jacksonport-state-parks-new-visitors-center-nearing-completion "KAIT news article"