Gentry Grand Army of the Republic Monument

The Gentry Grand Army of the Republic Memorial is an American Civil War monument in the northeast section of Gentry Cemetery in Gentry, Arkansas. It is a limestone structure with Classical Revival features, consisting of a stepped square base, a tier of marble panels framed by round columns, and a tapered obelisk topped by a carved capital and round knob. Two of the marble panels are inscribed with the names of soldiers who served in the Union Army. The monument was installed in 1918 through the efforts of David Kost, a Civil War veteran who organized Gentry's chapter of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR). It is one of a relatively small number of GAR memorials in the state (as compared to a larger number of Confederate memorials).[2]

Gentry Grand Army of the Republic Memorial
Gentry Grand Army of the Republic Monument is located in Arkansas
Gentry Grand Army of the Republic Monument
Location in Arkansas
Gentry Grand Army of the Republic Monument is located in the United States
Gentry Grand Army of the Republic Monument
Location in United States
LocationNE Sec. of Gentry Cemetery, Pioneer Ln., Gentry, Arkansas
Coordinates36°15′14″N 94°29′39″W / 36.25389°N 94.49417°W / 36.25389; -94.49417
Arealess than one acre
Built1918
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.100001990[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 26, 2016

The monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "Weekly listing". National Park Service.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Gentry Grand Army of the Republic Monument" (PDF). State of Arkansas. Retrieved 2019-09-05.