The George Berry Washington Memorial is a monumental funerary sculpture located on
Arkansas Highway 149 north of
Earle, Arkansas
Earle is a city in Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 1,831.
Geography
Earle is located in western Crittenden County at (35.270405, -90.464841). U.S. Route 64 passes through the northern part of ...
. It is the only major funerary sculpture in
Crittenden County, and it commemorates the life and accomplishments of the Rev. George Berry Washington (1864-1928), an African American who was probably born into slavery, but ended his life as one of the county's largest landowners. Washington's grave site is on a low mound in an open field on the east side Highway 149. Two elaborately-carved stone piers, in height, flank wide steps leading up to the monument. The monument is a marble statue of an angel in height, mounted on a column of marble blocks high.
The memorial was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1994.
See also
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Monuments and memorials on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
Neoclassical architecture in Arkansas
Buildings and structures completed in 1928
Buildings and structures in Crittenden County, Arkansas
National Register of Historic Places in Crittenden County, Arkansas
Sculptures of angels
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