El Dorado Confederate Monument, El Dorado

The El Dorado Confederate Monument is located on the grounds of the Union County Courthouse in El Dorado, Arkansas, near the corner of North Main and South Washington Streets. It consists of a statue of a Confederate Army soldier in mid-stride, mounted on top of a temple-like structure supported by four cannon-shaped Ionic columns. The columns support a lintel structure bearing inscriptions on three sides, above which is a tiered roof with cannonballs at the corners. The temple structure is 15 feet high, and 10 feet square; the statue measures 76 inches by 28 inches by 28 inches. Both the statue and the temple are constructed of gray/blue striated marble. Inside the temple structure is a water fountain which has two copper flamingos. ()