{"nrhp_refnum":"97000447","name":"Lee, Robert Edward, Scuplture","other_names":["VDHR No. 104-0264"],"category":"object","location":{"address":"Lee Park, bounded by Market, Jefferson, 1st and 2nd Sts., NE.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Charlottesville (Independent City)","county":"Charlottesville","state":"VA","lat":38.03203397300007,"lon":-78.47798266499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-05-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A bronze equestrian sculpture of Robert E. Lee and his horse Traveller on an oval pink granite pedestal, in Lee Park, Charlottesville, Virginia, erected and dedicated in 1924.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant under Criterion C at the state level as an important art object exhibiting the figurative style of outdoor sculpture by members of the National Sculpture Society, tied to the City Beautiful movement. It is one of the works donated by Paul Goodloe McIntire between 1919 and 1924. The sculpture was conceived by Henry Shrady and completed by Leo Lentelli after Shrady's death.","narrative":"Set in Lee Park in Charlottesville, Virginia, this heroic-sized bronze shows Robert E. Lee seated on his horse Traveller atop an oval pink granite pedestal about 26 feet high overall. Philanthropist Paul Goodloe McIntire commissioned it from sculptor Henry Shrady in 1917 and gave it to the city, along with the landscaped square created on the site of an 1829 house he demolished. Shrady, chronically ill, died in 1922 before finishing, and Leo Lentelli completed the work, which was cast by the Roman Bronze Works of Brooklyn and dedicated on 21 May 1924. Architect Walter Blair designed the pedestal, which carries an eagle with oak leaves on one face and a laurel wreath on the other. The nomination cites the sculpture as an important example of outdoor figurative art by National Sculpture Society members during the late City Beautiful movement, and as one of McIntire's gifts between 1919 and 1924.","period_of_significance":"1919 - 1924","architect_builder":"Shrady, Henry; Lentelli, Leo","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Retains historic integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association; the bronze shows green patina and corrosion streaks after 71 years of exposure.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:59.665598-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/17/6786/41678617/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/97000447.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000447/234714bc15-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000447/234714bc15-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Cville dog","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lee_Park,_Charlottesville,_VA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Cville dog</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lee_Park,_Charlottesville,_VA.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"82004904","name":"Charlottesville and Albemarle County Courthouse Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/charlottesville-and-albemarle-county-courthouse-historic-district-82004904/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41678617","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Lee_Monument_(Charlottesville,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15272827"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/charlottesville/lee-robert-edward-scuplture-97000447/"}