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Date
4-1985
Description
The Confederate Monument in Commercial Place had it’s corner stone laid on the thirty second anniversary of Confederate President Jefferson Davis’ inauguration. In 1907 a bronze statue of Johnny Reb, the personification of the southern states, was placed atop the monument. It was briefly dismantled in the late 1960s when construction of the Bank of America was underway. In 1971 it was reassembled. The Bank of America center, a 23 story modernist office tower was completed in 1967.
Subject Headings
Monuments -- Soldiers’ monuments -- Virginia -- Norfolk; Architecture -- Buildings -- Virginia -- Norfolk;
Country Name
United States of America
Region Name
Virginia
City Name
Norfolk
Recommended Citation
Smolski, Chet and Cooper, William, "Norfolk: Confederate Monument, Bank of America Center," (1985). Smolski Images. 566.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/566
Keywords
civil war, confederacy, monuments, architecture, American, arts
Notes
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM5V9W_Confederate_Monument_Norfolk_Virgina
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Reb