Asheville Zebulon Baird Vance Monument (Asheville, North Carolina)

Asheville Zebulon Baird Vance Monument (Asheville, North Carolina)

The monument was built of rusticated granite blocks in the form of an obelisk. The square base and plinth are also granite. It was fashioned after the Washington monument and stands 75 feet tall. Aside from a small Masonic notation the only inscription when constructed was "Vance" inscribed on each side of the plinth. In 1938 the Asheville Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy added a bronze plaque above the west face inscription. The monument had fallen into disrepair and was restored in 2015. At the June 2015 rededication another bronze plaque was placed on a small sloped granite block in front of the west face. The monument is surrounded by a black iron fence. Within the fence is another sloped granite block with a bronze inscription memorializing the capture of a piece of military equipment in World War I. As of current events, it is now shrouded, and is set for removal in the near future following consistent pressure from activist groups in the area.

Richard Sharp Smith

american

2015-08-13

Nanda Saravanan

Site

73

1985-05-30

1898-05-10

cm x cm x 2000cm

current,35.59498,-82.55184166666666;

USA

Asheville Zebulon Baird Vance Monument

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Obelisk

Asheville Board of County Commissioners

Vance Monument Association (primarily George W. Pack; $2,000)

Asheville City Council

Granite

ZEBULON BAIRD VANCE CONFEDERATE SOLDIER, WAR GOVERNOR U.S. SENATOR, ORATOR, STATESMAN MAY 13, 1830 "" APRIL 14, 1894 THIS TABLET IS PLACED BY ASHEVILLE CHAPTER U.D.C. 1938

Vance Monument Association

North Carolina

Confederate

Asheville