Robert Edward Lee Sculpture

Robert Edward Lee Sculpture

Robert Edward Lee Sculpture, January 2006
Location Lee Park, bounded by Market, Jefferson, 1st and 2nd Sts., NE., Charlottesville, Virginia
Coordinates 38°1′55″N 78°28′42″W / 38.03194°N 78.47833°W / 38.03194; -78.47833Coordinates: 38°1′55″N 78°28′42″W / 38.03194°N 78.47833°W / 38.03194; -78.47833
Area less than one acre
Built 1924 (1924)
Architect Shrady, Henry; Lentelli, Leo
Architectural style bronze sculpture
MPS Four Monumental Figurative Outdoor Sculptures in Charlottesville MPS
NRHP Reference # 97000447[1]
VLR # 104-0264
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 16, 1997
Designated VLR June 19, 1996[2]

Robert Edward Lee Sculpture is a historic bronze equestrian sculpture of Robert E. Lee located at Charlottesville, Virginia. It was sculpted by noted artists Henry Shrady (1871-1922) and Leo Lentelli (1879-1961), and was the second of four works commissioned from members of the National Sculpture Society by philanthropist Paul Goodloe McIntire. The sculpture was the third of three McIntire gave to the city during the years 1919 to 1924. The sculpture was commissioned in 1917, and erected in 1924.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1] It is located in the Charlottesville and Albemarle County Courthouse Historic District.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Betsey Gohdes-Baten (April 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Robert Edward Lee Sculpture" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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