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Photograph of Confederate Monument in Versailles
Photograph by C. Bedford Crenshaw, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Confederate Monument in Versailles

Built in 1877. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

From the record

“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.”

Wikipedia article Confederate Monument in Versailles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 80 National Register listings published here for Woodford County · listed in 1997 · category: Object · built in 1877.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 object as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. City Cemetery. SE of jct. of Clifton Rd. and KY 33, Versailles, 40383
  • When was it listed? July 1997
  • Category. object
  • Also known as. Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS
  • Census division. Versailles
  • When was it built? 1877
  • National Register reference number. 97000662 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Storms near this property

60 of 67 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Versailles, the town this property stands in, in 67 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 48 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 5 flash flood, 2 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2018Thunderstorm WindVersailles$25,000A couple of reports came into dispatch that likely were associated with the evening storms. Part of the roof at Ledvance was blown off and water was entering their computer room.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindVersailles$25,000State officials reported trees down on power lines on Wooldridge Lane.
June 2007LightningVersailles$20,000A lightning strike caused a house fire.
August 2013Flash FloodVersailles$5,000Emergency dispatch reported temporary road closures and other flooding problems in the Merewood Subdivision in Versailles. Georgia Street and Tyrone Pike were flooded. Some homes on Georgia Street were threatened by rising water.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindVersailles$5,000no account filed
November 2000Tornado (F1)Versailles$3,000Two transformer poles about 18 inches thick were snapped off about 10 feet off the ground. Several other poles were shifted in the ground. Near that location, a man reported his truck being lifted about six inches off the ground.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindVersailles-There were trees down on Clifton Road and Tyrone Pike.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindVersailles-A tree fell down.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindVersailles-There were trees down over the road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindVersailles-A power pole was blown down along Midway Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindVersailles-A tree was blown down on Magnolia Circle in Versailles.
August 2022Flash FloodVersailles-Multiple roads were closed due to flash flooding in Versailles.
August 2021HailVersailles-The emergency manager relayed a report the pea to quarter size hail fell on Chestnut Lane. A tree also got tangled in power lines on Paige Court.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindVersailles-A tree fell on power lines.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindVersailles-A tree fell down at Park Street at Rose Hill Avenue.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindVersailles-Large trees were reported down.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindVersailles-Local media reported trees down in the area.
June 2017Flash FloodVersailles-Roads were closed due to high water at Big Sink Pike and McAllens Ferry.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindVersailles-Local law enforcement reported trees down in the area.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindVersailles-Local law enforcement reported trees down on McCowans Ferry Road and Paynes Mill Road near Versailles.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindVersailles-A law enforcement official reported a tree down on Pinckard Drive.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindVersailles-A county official reported to the NWS that several large trees down inside the city limits.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindVersailles-The Woodford County emergency manager reported trees down in the area and some traffic stoplights were without power as a result.
July 2015FloodVersailles-The Woodford County emergency manager reported that the roadway was partially flooded at the intersection of Thomas Lane and Highway 62.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindVersailles-Officials with the Woodford County Fire Department reported numerous trees down across the county due to severe thunderstorm winds.
July 2014HailVersailles-The same supercell that brought hail and destructive winds to Lexington brought 2 inch hail to Woodford County.
August 2013Flash FloodVersailles-The public sent an image showing water approaching at least one home on High View Drive.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindVersailles-Several trees were downed by thunderstorm winds in Versailles.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindVersailles-Several trees were downed across Versailles. At this same time, a spotter just southwest of town measured a 75 mph wind gust.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindVersailles-Local law enforcement reported that several trees were downed in Versailles.
September 2011Heavy RainVersailles-The Woodford County Emergency Manager reported that 1.4 inches of rain fell within one half of an hour. The US 60 bypass east of Versailles was closed by high water.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindVersailles-The Woodford County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees down with several power outages.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindVersailles-Numerous trees were down along the Woodford-Fayette County line.
May 2009Flash FloodVersailles-The public reported flooding at a picnic pavilion and numerous local streets with several inches of water covering the roadways.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindVersailles-Trees were downed along Old Frankfort Pike between Midway and Versailles.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindVersailles-Numerous trees and power lines were downed.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindVersailles-Numerous trees and power lines were downed.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindVersailles-One large tree and several large limbs were blown down.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindVersailles-A few trees were downed.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindVersailles-A large tree and a utility pole were downed.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindVersailles-Power poles were downed.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindVersailles-Trees were blown down.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindVersailles-Several trees were downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 1995HailVersailles-Quarter-size hail reported.
October 2011HailVersailles-no account filed
June 2007HailVersailles-no account filed
July 2007HailVersailles-no account filed
March 2006Thunderstorm WindVersailles-no account filed
April 2006HailVersailles-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindVersailles-no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindVersailles-no account filed
August 2005HailVersailles-no account filed
May 2004HailVersailles-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindVersailles-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindVersailles-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindVersailles-no account filed
November 2002Thunderstorm WindVersailles-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindVersailles-no account filed
November 2000Thunderstorm WindVersailles-no account filed
September 2000Thunderstorm WindVersailles-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Woodford County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Versailles Elementary School0.1 miles2015
South Main Street Historic District0.1 miles1987
Carter House0.1 miles1975
Morgan Street Historic District0.2 miles1980
Downtown Versailles Historic District0.2 miles1975
Cleveland House0.3 miles2007

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 97000662 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Woodford CountyAll 80 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.