Perry, William F., Monument | |
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| Location | Fairview Cemetery. N of jct. of KY 234 and Collette Ln., Bowling Green, Kentucky |
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| Built | 1901 |
| MPS | Civil War Monuments of Kentucky |
| NRHP reference No. | 97000664[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 17, 1997 |
The William F. Perry Monument is a historical gravestone located at Fairview Cemetery in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It is an oversized limestone headstone.[2]
It marks the grave of Confederate General William F. Perry of the Army of Northern Virginia, who would after the war serve on the faculty of Ogden College in Bowling Green, which is now Western Kentucky University. It was placed by his students at the college after he died on December 7, 1901.[3]
On July 17, 1997, it was one of sixty-one Civil War monuments in Kentucky added to the National Register of Historic Places, as part of the Civil War Monuments of Kentucky Multiple Property Submission. One other monument on the list, the Confederate Monument of Bowling Green, is nearby in Fairview Cemetery.[4]
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Back of the monument
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References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Brent, Joseph William F. Perry Monument NRHP Nomination Form (Kentucky Heritage Commission, 1997) p. 1.
- ^ Bowling Green, Ky. Trailsrus.com
- ^ Joseph E. Brent (January 8, 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submission: Civil War Monuments in Kentucky, 1865-1935" (pdf). National Park Service.
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