Demopolis Town Square

{{Short description|Historic park in Alabama, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

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| name = Confederate Park

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| image = Confederate Park Demopolis 02.JPG

| caption = The fountain in the center of the park in 2010.

| locmapin = Alabama#USA

| coordinates = {{coord|32|31|4.32|N|87|50|17.49|W|display=inline,title}}

| location = Demopolis, Alabama

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| built = 1819

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| architecture = Greek Revival, Victorian

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| added = October 29, 1975

| area = {{convert|4|acre}}

| refnum = 75000319{{NRISref|version=2010a}}{{cite web|title=Alabama: Marengo County|work=Nationalhistoricalregister.com|url=http://www.nationalhistoricalregister.com/al/marengo/state.html|accessdate=2007-01-23|archive-date=2006-05-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060513144640/http://www.nationalhistoricalregister.com/AL/marengo/state.html|url-status=dead}}

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Demopolis Town Square, currently officially known as Confederate Park, is a historic park in the city of Demopolis, Alabama, United States. It is one of the oldest public squares in the state. Demopolis had its beginnings in 1817 with the Vine and Olive Colony, and the park was established in 1819.{{cite web|title=Marengo County|work="Alabama's Front Porches"|url=http://www.alabamasfrontporches.com/counties/marengo.htm|accessdate=2008-01-23}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}Marengo County Heritage Book Committee: The heritage of Marengo County, Alabama, page 4. Clanton, Alabama: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 2000. {{ISBN|1-891647-58-X}} The park covers one city block, bounded by Main, Capitol, Walnut, and Washington Streets.

The park was renamed "Confederate Park" in 1923, at request of United Daughters of the Confederacy.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Confederate Park |publisher=National Park Service|author=Lecta G. Braswell and W. Warner Floyd |date=July 24, 1975 |accessdate=May 23, 2017 }}{{dead link|date=November 2018}}

The park contains several historic structures, including a Victorian-era gazebo near the corner of Walnut Avenue and Washington Street, the Demopolis City Hall, built in 1869–70 as a courthouse annex, and the old Presbyterian Church, built in 1843 and now known as Rooster Hall. The former church served as the Marengo County Courthouse from 1868 until 1871, when the county seat was temporarily moved from Linden. The park's center features a large cast iron fountain that was installed in 1895. The park is often used for the city's festivals, most notably for many of the Christmas on the River events.{{cite web |url=http://www.demopolischamber.com/COTR/default.asp |title=About Christmas on the River |accessdate=7 December 2008 |work=Demopolis Area Chamber of Commerce |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208155731/http://www.demopolischamber.com/COTR/default.asp |archive-date=8 December 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} The park was added to the National Register of Historic Places on 29 November 1975.