Memorial to Company A, Capitol Guards

Coordinates: 34°44′18″N 92°15′54″W / 34.73833°N 92.26500°W / 34.73833; -92.26500
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Memorial to Company A, Capitol Guards
MPS
Civil War Commemorative Sculpture MPS
NRHP reference No.96000451[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 26, 1996
Designated CPJuly 25, 1977
Removed from NRHPMay 12, 2021

The Memorial to Company A, Capitol Guards (also known as the Capitol Guards Monument) was an

Rudolph Schwarz, and was installed in 1911; it was paid for by the local chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, and memorializes the unit that seized the arsenal at the outset of the war.[2]

The memorial was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996, and was delisted in 2021.[1] The statue was removed in June 2020 following the George Floyd protests.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Memorial to Company A, Capitol Guards" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
  3. ^ Simpson, Stephen (June 21, 2020). "Arkansas statues fall, raising fresh debate". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved April 28, 2021.