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862: 266: 180: 381:. The Paris Cemetery gatehouse, made of granite, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 24, 1978. Although the cemetery was founded in 1847, the gatehouse wasn't added until 1862, and was designed by architect 424:, the most commonly used stone today, marble's relative softness lends itself to more elaborate designs. Because of this, most of the more decorative monuments at the cemetery are carved from marble. There are several examples of 452:, locally quarried, and the chimney is 30 feet (9.1 m) tall on a 10-foot-tall (3.0 m) base. On the rear of the monument is a list of all those from Bourbon County who died fighting for the Confederacy in the 1191: 1211: 1201: 798: 630: 232: 725: 323: 791: 1157: 68: 971: 921: 784: 807: 297: 1096: 861: 976: 961: 1206: 1051: 370: 359:
is owned and operated by the Paris Cemetery Company. When it first opened, many families re-interred their dead in the new cemetery.
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in Kentucky, it is an obelisk, but is unique for being built like a chimney. The structure is made of mortared
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On July 17, 1997, it was one of sixty-one different monuments to the Civil War in Kentucky placed on the
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The Bourbon County Confederate Monument, located in the middle of the cemetery, was built by the
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within the cemetery from the 19th and early 20th centuries are made of
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on the grounds honoring those from Bourbon County who fought in: the
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Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
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Confederate States of America monuments and memorials in Kentucky
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National Register of Historic Places in Bourbon County, Kentucky
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Paris, Kentucky
Coordinates
38°12′9″N 84°15′55″W / 38.20250°N 84.26528°W / 38.20250; -84.26528
Monumental
Find a Grave
Paris Cemetery
The Political Graveyard
Paris Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Gothic Revival
78001301
structure
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Obelisk
MPS
Civil War Monuments of Kentucky
97000719
object
US 68 Bus.
Paris
Kentucky
United States
cemetery
Kentuckians
Bourbon County
Confederate Monument
Gatehouse
National Register of Historic Places

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