Confederate Monument in Versailles

The Confederate Monument, in the city cemetery of Versailles, Kentucky, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 17, 1997, as part of the Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS.

Confederate Monument in Versailles
LocationVersailles, Kentucky
MPSCivil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS
NRHP reference No.97000662[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 17, 1997

The monument, with it unique shape, was made of white marble and put on a base of concrete and limestone. It was erected in 1877. Names of Confederate veterans are on each side of the hexagon, with graves encircling it.[2]

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