Columbus Monument (New York City)

	Columbus Monument
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	New York State Register of Historic Places
	The monument in 2006
Location	Columbus Circle, Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Coordinates	40°46′05.1″N 73°58′54.8″W / 40.768083°N 73.981889°W
Built	1892
NRHP reference No.	100003133
NYSRHP No.	06101.019547
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 20, 2018
Designated NYSRHP	September 20, 2018

The Columbus Monument is a 76-foot (23 m) column in the center of Columbus Circle in New York City honoring the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, who first made an expedition to the New World in 1492. The monument was created by Italian sculptor Gaetano Russo in 1892.^[2]

^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. November 7, 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
^ "New York – Columbus Monument". www.vanderkrogt.net. Archived from the original on August 30, 2017. Retrieved October 13, 2017.

[Cultural_Resource_Information_System-1] "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. November 7, 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2023.

[:0-2] "New York – Columbus Monument". www.vanderkrogt.net. Archived from the original on August 30, 2017. Retrieved October 13, 2017.

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