Ebenezer Monument

Ebenezer Monument
Location Jct. of 9th and Church Sts., Mena, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°35′4″N 94°14′30″W / 34.58444°N 94.24167°W / 34.58444; -94.24167Coordinates: 34°35′4″N 94°14′30″W / 34.58444°N 94.24167°W / 34.58444; -94.24167
Area less than one acre
NRHP Reference # 91000689[1]
Added to NRHP January 30, 1992

The Ebenezer Monument is a commemorative monument and marker placed at the corner of 9th and Church Streets, adjacent to the First Baptist Church in Mena, Arkansas. It is a tapered square structure of fieldstone and cement, about 12 feet (3.7 m) high and 5 feet (1.5 m) long on each side at the base. It has concrete panels on each side, three with engravings, and is topped by a pyramidal concrete cap. The monument was placed in 1935 as part of a campaign to galvanize local opposition to the controversial Commonwealh College, which was accused of teaching Communism and other evils. Local opposition contributed to the school's eventual closure in 1940. The monument's name is derived from a Bible verse inscribed on one of the panels: Ebenezer of First Baptist Church/"Hitherto Hath The Lord Helped Us" - I Samuel 7: 12/Sunday, June 14, 1936. The monument contains a time capsule, which is to be opened every 50 years. In 1986 the original time capsule was opened, and its contents replaced by new materials.[2]

The monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Ebenezer Monument" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-05-02.


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