Courthouse Burned - Stanton KY
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Don.Morfe
N 37° 51.182 W 083° 51.573
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The marker is on the Powell County Courthouse lawn at Washing Street, Stanton KY. It was erected in 1963 by the Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky Department of Highways. The marker number is 587.
Waymark Code: WM18G8H
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 07/29/2023
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Courthouse Burned
Twenty-two Kentucky courthouses were burned during Civil War, nineteen in last fifteen months: twelve by Confederates, eight by guerrillas, two by Union accident. See map on reverse side. Courthouse and records at Stanton and other buildings were burned by guerrillas, spring of 1863. Buildings rebuilt. June 1, 1864, jail and records again burned.
Date Installed or Dedicated: 01/01/1963
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky Department of Highways
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate
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