Minnesota Monument, Little Rock

Name: Minnesota Monument
Address: Little Rock, United States

#31 among attractions in Little Rock

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The Minnesota Monument is an American Civil War memorial in the Little Rock National Cemetery in Little Rock, Arkansas. Also known as "Taps", it depicts a Union Army soldier, his bare head slightly bowed. His hands resting on the butt of his rifle, which is inverted, with the barrel resting on the ground. The bronze sculpture is 7 feet tall, and is mounted on a granite base about 8 feet tall. It is dedicated to the 36 soldiers from Minnesota who are buried here. The sculpture was designed by John Karl Daniels, and was funded by the state of Minnesota. It was dedicated in 1916. ()

Built: 1916 (109 years ago)Coordinates: 34°43'29"N, 92°15'22"W

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East of I-30Little Rock United States

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Minnesota Monument – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Arkansas Arts Center, Tower Building of the Little Rock Arsenal, Little Rock National Cemetery, Marshall Square Historic District.

1.1 miNW
Museum, Art gallery, Theater
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock
28 min walk • The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, formerly known as the Arkansas Arts Center, is an art museum located in MacArthur Park, Little Rock, Arkansas. The museum will undergo an expansion and renovation in 2018–2022.
1 miN
Museum, History museum
Tower Building of the Little Rock Arsenal, Little Rock
26 min walk • The Tower Building of the Little Rock Arsenal, also known as the Main Building of the U.S. Arsenal at Little Rock, or Headquarters Building of the Little Rock Barracks, is the home of the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History. It is also a part of the MacArthur Park Historic District, in Little Rock, Arkansas.
~480 ftW
Cemetery
Little Rock National Cemetery, Little Rock
3 min walk • Little Rock National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery, located two miles south of the city of Little Rock, in Pulaski County, Arkansas. It encompasses 31.7 acres, and as of the end of 2005, had 25,172 interments. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it is currently closed to new interments.
0.6 miNW
Park
Marshall Square Historic District, Little Rock
17 min walk • The Marshall Square Historic District encompasses a collection of sixteen nearly identical houses in Little Rock, Arkansas. The houses are set on 17th and 18th Streets between McAlmont and Vance Streets, and were built in 1917-18 as rental properties Josephus C.
1.1 miNW
Memorial
Memorial to Company A, Little Rock
28 min walk • The Memorial to Company A, Capitol Guards was an American Civil War memorial in MacArthur Park, Little Rock, Arkansas. It stood just northeast of the former Tower Building of the Little Rock Arsenal, at a junction of two of the park's internal roadways.
~1960 ftW
Cemetery, Georgian architecture
Oakland-Fraternal Cemetery, Little Rock
10 min walk • The Oakland-Fraternal Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Barber Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. It actually consists of six originally separate cemeteries, and lies adjacent to the Little Rock National Cemetery, of which it was once a part.
1.2 miNW
34°44'6"N • 92°16'21"W
The Bernice Garden, Little Rock
30 min walk • Park, Garden, Farmer's market
1.1 miW
Neoclassical architecture
Trinity Hospital, Little Rock
28 min walk • Trinity Hospital is a historic former hospital, now a mixed-used commercial and residential building, at 20th and Main Streets in Little Rock, Arkansas.
1 miW
Colonial revival architecture
South Main Street Apartments Historic District, Little Rock
26 min walk • The South Main Street Apartments Historic District encompasses a pair of identical Colonial Revival apartment houses at 2209 and 2213 Main Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. Both are two-story four-unit buildings, finished in a brick veneer and topped by a dormered hip roof.
0.9 miNW
Colonial revival architecture
Van Frank Cottages, Little Rock
23 min walk • The Van Frank Cottages are a collection of four small houses at 515-519 East 15th Street and 1510 Park Lane in Little Rock, Arkansas. All are modest single-story single-family buildings with high quality Colonial Revival details. They were built in 1908 for Philip R.
1.1 miN
Greek Revival architecture
William Woodruff House, Little Rock
28 min walk • The William Woodruff House is a historic house at 1017 East 8th Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a 2+1⁄2-story brick structure, with a gabled roof.

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Which popular attractions are close to Minnesota Monument?

Nearby attractions include Little Rock Confederate Memorial, Little Rock (2 min walk), Little Rock National Cemetery, Little Rock (3 min walk), Oakland-Fraternal Cemetery, Little Rock (10 min walk), Hanger Hill Historic District, Little Rock (15 min walk).