Arsenal Stones - Fayetteville NC
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe
N 35° 03.265 W 078° 53.598
17S E 692127 N 3881106
These stones formed part of the foundations for buildings within the main arsenal compound. When United States troops destroyed the arsenal in 1865, local citizens salvaged usable building materials.
Waymark Code: WM1385Q
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 10/08/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Turtle3863
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Arsenal Stones-These stones formed part of the foundations for buildings within the main arsenal compound. When United States troops destroyed the arsenal in 1865, local citizens salvaged usable building materials. The state moved these remaining stones when the freeway was cut in 1989.

Erected by Museum of the Cape Fear.

LOCATION: Marker is in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in Cumberland County. Marker and stones are located between the Museum of the Cape Fear (Arsenal Avenue and Bradford Avenue) and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Freeway (U.S. 401), about fifty feet NE of the pedestrian bridge over U.S. 401. Marker is in this post office area: Fayetteville NC 28305, United States of America.
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