Jct. of KY 94 and Ky 121, Murray, Kentucky. County/parish: Calloway.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 17, 1997. NRIS 97000711.
Part of Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS (NRIS 64500229).
1 contributing object.Also known as:
The Confederate Monument in Murray is a statue located in the northeast corner of the Calloway County Courthouse in Murray, Kentucky. It commemorates the 800 citizens of the county who served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, and is one of several Confederate monuments in Kentucky featuring Robert E. Lee. There is another one featuring Lee in Bardstown, Kentucky. Despite recent controversy, the Calloway County Fiscal Court voted to keep the statue on its grounds in July 2020.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123846004