Commemorative Landscapes of North Carolina (2024)

George Washington Sculpture, North Carolina State Capitol, Raleigh
Wake County
Sculpture
Dec. 24, 1821

George Washington Statue, State Capitol, Raleigh
Wake County
Statue
July 4, 1857

Cornelius Harnett Grave, Wilmington
New Hanover County
Grave
Jan. 1, 1871

Governor John Ellis, Salisbury
Rowan County
Obelisk
July 1, 1874

Governor Caswell Monument, Kinston
Lenoir County
Obelisk
Aug. 3, 1881

Randolph Shotwell Memorial, Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh
Wake County
Sculpture
Oct. 10, 1888

William Hooper and John Penn, Guilford Courthouse
Guilford County
Statue
July 4, 1894

Zebulon Vance Monument, Asheville
Buncombe County
Obelisk
May 10, 1898

Zebulon Vance Statue, Raleigh
Wake County
Sculpture
Aug. 22, 1900

Colonial Column (Battle of Alamance), Burlington
Alamance County
War Memorial
July 4, 1901

Tomb of Otway Burns, Beaufort
Carteret County
Grave
July 24, 1901

Colonel Maurice Moore, Winnabow
Brunswick County
Plaque
May 6, 1902

David Schenck Monument, Guilford Courthouse
Guilford County
Pylon
July 4, 1904

James K. Polk Memorial, Pineville
Mecklenburg County
Marker
Sept. 26, 1904

Thomas L. Clingman Monument, Asheville
Buncombe County
Obelisk
Nov. 8, 1905

Cornelius Harnett Monument, Wilmington
New Hanover County
Obelisk
May 2, 1907

Gettysburg Address Plaque, Raleigh National Cemetery, Raleigh
Wake County
Plaque
Jan. 1, 1909

Gettysburg Address Plaque, Salisbury National Cemetery, Salisbury
Rowan County
Plaque
Jan. 1, 1909

Gettysburg Address Plaque, Wilmington National Cemetery, Wilmington
New Hanover County
Plaque
Jan. 1, 1909

Gettysburg Address Plaque, New Bern National Cemetery, New Bern
Craven County
Plaque
Jan. 1, 1909

David Caldwell Monument, Guilford Courthouse
Guilford County
Marker
July 3, 1909

Otway Burns Statue, Burnsville
Yancey County
Sculpture
July 5, 1909

William Alexander Graham, State Capitol, Raleigh
Wake County
Bust
Jan. 12, 1910

Matt Whitaker Ransom, State Capitol, Raleigh
Wake County
Bust
Jan. 11, 1911

Andrew Jackson Birthplace, Waxhaw
Union County
Marker
April 12, 1911

George Davis Monument, Wilmington
New Hanover County
Sculpture
April 20, 1911

Samuel Johnston, State Capitol, Raleigh
Wake County
Bust
Jan. 10, 1912

John Motley Morehead, State Capitol, Raleigh
Wake County
Bust
Dec. 4, 1912

General William Davie Bench, UNC (Chapel Hill)
Orange County
Bench
Feb. 1, 1915

George Washington and Henry Clay Marker, Wilmington
New Hanover County
Marker
June 9, 1919

Richard Caswell Memorial, Kinston
Lenoir County
Plaque
Sept. 1, 1919

James W. Wilson Memorial, Old Fort
McDowell County
Marker
Jan. 1, 1920

William Ruffin Cox Memorial, Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh
Wake County
Obelisk
Jan. 1, 1920

Open Air Westminster of the South, Calvary Episcopal Church, Fletcher
Henderson County
Marker
(ca. 1920)

Governor Benjamin Williams, Carthage
Moore County
Marker
Jan. 1, 1921

Andrew Johnson Monument, Carthage
Moore County
Marker
Jan. 1, 1922

Nathaniel Macon, Littleton
Warren County
Grave
May 25, 1923

Abner Nash, New Bern
Craven County
Plaque
June 7, 1923

Richard Dobbs Spaight (Jr.), New Bern
Craven County
Plaque
June 7, 1923

Richard Dobbs Spaight (Sr.), New Bern
Craven County
Plaque
June 7, 1923

Charles Bruce and James Gillis, Summerfield
Guilford County
Marker
Sept. 29, 1923

Charles Brantley Ayco*ck Statue, Raleigh
Wake County
Sculpture
March 13, 1924

Lt. John Martin, Flat Rock
Stokes County
Grave
Jan. 1, 1925

George Washington Plaque, Salisbury
Rowan County
Plaque
Nov. 6, 1925

George Washington Plaque, Guilford Courthouse
Guilford County
Plaque
Nov. 10, 1925

George Washington Plaque, Greenville
Pitt County
Plaque
Nov. 17, 1925

George Washington Plaque, Tarboro
Edgecombe County
Plaque
Nov. 18, 1925

George Washington Plaque, Hampstead
New Hanover County
Plaque
Nov. 24, 1925

George Washington Tree, Charlotte
Mecklenburg County
Marker
Tree
Dec. 10, 1925

Colonel Alexander McAllister, Godwin
Cumberland County
Marker
May 28, 1926

George Washington Boulder, Lexington
Davidson County
Marker
Nov. 26, 1926

Signers of the Declaration of Independence Plaque, State Capitol, Raleigh
Wake County
Plaque
March 8, 1927

Col. Thomas Wade, Lilesville
Anson County
Plaque
April 28, 1928

Andrew Johnson Birthplace, Raleigh
Wake County
Marker
Sept. 4, 1928

Zebulon Baird Vance, Fletcher
Henderson County
Marker
Oct. 14, 1928

"George Washington Stopped Here" Marker, Arcadia
Davidson County
Marker
Jan. 1, 1930

Plato Durham, Shelby
Cleveland County
Grave
Plaque
Marker
Oct. 1, 1930

Micajah Durham, Shelby
Cleveland County
Plaque
Marker
Oct. 1, 1930

William Rufus King Memorial, Clinton
Sampson County
Bust
Nov. 1, 1930

Leonard Henderson Marker, Henderson
Vance County
Plaque
Marker
June 11, 1931

Jefferson Davis, Fletcher
Henderson County
Marker
Sept. 13, 1931

President Hoover Marker, Kings Mountain National Military Park, Blacksburg (SC)
York (SC) County
Marker
Oct. 7, 1931

Joseph Hewes Memorial, Edenton
Chowan County
Column
April 28, 1932

David Caldwell Marker, Greensboro
Guilford County
Marker
March 22, 1935

Duke Chapel Portal, Durham
Durham County
Architectural Sculpture
June 2, 1935

Samuel Ashe Memorial, Asheville
Buncombe County
Marker
May 5, 1936

Thomas Lloyd Marker, Chapel Hill
Orange County
Grave
Oct. 6, 1937

Henry Clay Oak, Raleigh
Wake County
Marker
Oct. 20, 1939

Samuel A'Court Ashe Monument, Raleigh
Wake County
Plaque
Sept. 13, 1940

Jefferson Davis Camp, Concord
Cabarrus County
Marker
June 3, 1941

Judah P. Benjamin Marker, Fayetteville
Cumberland County
Marker
Sept. 1, 1944

Judah P. Benjamin Memorial, Charlotte
Mecklenburg County
Marker
Oct. 1, 1948

Presidents North Carolina Gave the Nation, Raleigh
Wake County
Equestrian Statue
Oct. 19, 1948

James B. White Memorial, Whiteville
Columbus County
Marker
Feb. 22, 1949

General John Willis Plaque, Lumberton
Robeson County
Plaque
Nov. 11, 1951

Colonel Thomas Robeson Plaque, Lumberton
Robeson County
Plaque
Nov. 11, 1951

Robert Lee Doughton, Laurel Springs
Alleghany County
Plaque
Oct. 10, 1953

Governor Locke Craig Plaque, Mt. Craig, Burnsville
Yancey County
Plaque
Oct. 24, 1958

Robert Lee Doughton, Sparta
Alleghany County
Column
Bust
Jan. 1, 1960

John Penn Memorial, Oxford
Granville County
Marker
Jan. 1, 1976

Francis Nash Memorial, Nashville
Nash County
Sphere
April 24, 1976

Sir Walter Raleigh, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
Wake County
Sculpture
Dec. 3, 1976

William Holland Thomas Memorial, Indian Hills
Jackson County
Marker
Jan. 1, 1982

Otway Burns, Jr. Statue, Swansboro
Onslow County
Statue
May 6, 1983

Josephus Daniels Monument, Raleigh
Wake County
Sculpture
Sept. 24, 1985

Queen Charlotte Walks in Her Garden, Charlotte
Mecklenburg County
Statue
Jan. 26, 1989

The Christoph von Graffenreid Memorial, New Bern
Craven County
Bust
April 9, 1989

Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg, Charlotte
Mecklenburg County
Statue
Jan. 1, 1990

Martin Luther King, Jr., Greensboro
Guilford County
Bust
Dec. 3, 1994

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Gardens, Raleigh
Wake County
Sculpture
Public Space
Wall
April 4, 1997

James K. Polk, UNC (Chapel Hill)
Orange County
Sculpture
Oct. 12, 1997

Millennium Gate, Greensboro
Guilford County
Arch or Gate
Dec. 30, 2000

Dwight D. Eisenhower Green Ash Memorial Tree, Red Springs
Robeson County
Plaque
Tree
May 28, 2001

Hezekiah Alexander North Carolina Backcountry Patriot, Charlotte
Mecklenburg County
Statue
Oct. 21, 2001

Paul Wellstone Garden, UNC, Chapel Hill
Orange County
Public Space
Oct. 12, 2004

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park and Memorial, Hendersonville
Henderson County
Public Space
Marker
March 12, 2006

Martin Luther King, Jr. Monument, Red Springs
Robeson County
Marker
Sept. 30, 2006

Martin Luther King, Jr. Statue, Fayetteville
Cumberland County
Statue
Jan. 15, 2007

Mohandas K. Gandhi Statue, Raleigh
Wake County
Statue
Feb. 3, 2007

Sam Ervin, Jr. Statue, Morganton
Burke County
Statue
April 23, 2007

Martin Luther King, Jr. Statue, Rocky Mount
Edgecombe County
Statue
Aug. 25, 2007

Stamp Defiance Chapter Plaque to Cornelius Harnett, Wilmington
New Hanover County
Plaque
Sept. 19, 2009

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Park, Sanford
Lee County
Bas-relief
Public Space
Jan. 1, 2010

Gettysburg Address Plaque, Salisbury National Cemetery Annex, Salisbury
Rowan County
Plaque
Jan. 1, 2010

Yarborough-Kennedy Statue, Fort Bragg
Cumberland County
Statue
April 5, 2012

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