Daniel Morgan Monument
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Daniel Morgan Monument
| nrhp_type =
| image = Historic Daniel Morgan Monument.JPG
| caption = Daniel Morgan Monument, May 2015
| location = Main and Church Sts., Spartanburg, South Carolina
| coordinates = {{coord|34|56|58|N|81|55|55|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = South Carolina#USA
| built = {{Start date|1881}}
| architect = Ward, John Quincy Adams; White, Edward Brickell
| architecture =
| added = September 22, 1980
| area = {{convert|0.1|acre}}
| refnum = 80003711{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
}}
Daniel Morgan Monument is a historic monument located at Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. The statue was designed by John Quincy Adams Ward and the monument erected in 1881. The monument commemorates the centennial of the victory at the Revolutionary War Battle of Cowpens and its hero, General Daniel Morgan. The statue stands on a columnar granite shaft on an octagonal base designed by noted Charleston architect, Edward Brickell White. In 1960, the monument was moved about 100 yards across Morgan Square to its east end.{{Cite web | author =Rebecca Starr| title =Daniel Morgan Monument| work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date = May 1980 | url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/spartanburg/S10817742019/S10817742019.pdf | format = pdf | accessdate = 2014-07-01}}{{Cite web | title =Daniel Morgan Monument, Spartanburg County (Main & Church Sts., Spartanburg)| work = National Register Properties in South Carolina | publisher = South Carolina Department of Archives and History | url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/spartanburg/S10817742019/index.htm | accessdate = 2014-07-01}} However, in 2005 as part of a larger project involving the redesign and reconstruction of Morgan Square, the monument was returned to its original position at the corner of West Main and Magnolia Streets and its original orientation, facing Cowpens National Battlefield.{{cite news|url=http://www.goupstate.com/article/20051020/NEWS/510200365/0/search|title=Morgan statue to be placed Friday|date=2005-10-20|newspaper=Herald-Journal|location=Spartanburg, SC|accessdate=2016-06-08}}
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
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{{Spartanburg, South Carolina}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina}}
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Category:American Revolutionary War monuments and memorials
Category:Monuments and memorials on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1881
Category:Buildings and structures in Spartanburg, South Carolina
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Spartanburg, South Carolina
Category:1881 establishments in South Carolina
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