Helena Confederate Cemetery
Helena Confederate Cemetery | |
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Location | SW corner of Maple Hill Cemetery, approximately .5 mi. N of jct. of Poplar and Adams Sts., Helena, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 34°32′30″N 90°35′34″W / 34.54167°N 90.59278°WCoordinates: 34°32′30″N 90°35′34″W / 34.54167°N 90.59278°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1891 |
Built by | M. Muldoon & Co. (Cleburne memorial) |
Architect | Leon Archias |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
MPS | Civil War Commemorative Sculpture MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 96000501[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 3, 1996 |
The Helena Confederate Cemetery is located in the southwest corner of the Maple Hill Cemetery on Holly Street in Helena, Arkansas. It is a small section of the larger cemetery, under one acre in size, and is marked by two significant memorials: the Confederate Memorial and the memorial to Confederate Army General Patrick Cleburne, whose burial here is the only known place associated with his life. The Cleburne memorial is a marble shaft 15 feet (4.6 m) in height, topped by an urn with flames coming from its top. The Confederate Memorial is a marble depiction of a soldier, mounted on a 30-foot (9.1 m) granite shaft, surrounded by pyramids of cannonballs and inverted cannons. The cemetery has more than 100 marked graves, 15 of which are unidentified Confederate dead, and 23 are of those killed in the 1863 Battle of Helena.[2]
The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]
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References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Helena Confederate Cemetery". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
External links[]
- Helena Confederate Cemetery at Find a Grave
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Maple Hill Cemetery
- Arkansas Heritage Trails System
- Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
- Buildings and structures completed in 1891
- Buildings and structures in Phillips County, Arkansas
- National Register of Historic Places in Phillips County, Arkansas
- Neoclassical architecture in Arkansas
- Lower Delta Arkansas Registered Historic Place stubs