Jct. of Cherokee Rd. and Willow Ave., Louisville, Kentucky. County/parish: Jefferson.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 17, 1997. NRIS 97000690.
Part of Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS (NRIS 64500229).
1 contributing object.Also known as:
The John B. Castleman Monument, within the Cherokee Triangle of Louisville, Kentucky, was unveiled on November 8, 1913. The model, selected from a competition to which numerous sculptors contributed, was designed by R. Hinton Perry of New York. The statue was erected to honor John Breckinridge Castleman at a cost of $15,000 by popular subscription from city, state, and other commonwealths. The statue was made of bronze, and rested on a granite pedestal. It stood 15-feet high, with a base of 12×20 feet. The monument was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 17, 1997, as part of the Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS. There were attempts to remove the statue since January 2019 because Castleman was a Major of the Confederate army. The monument was removed on June 8, 2020, and is pending cleaning and relocation to Castleman's burial site in Cave Hill Cemetery, which has not been done as of May 2025.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123847032