National Historic Landmark · monument · Sioux City, Iowa

Sergeant Floyd Monument

Monument in Iowa, US, to honor Charles Floyd of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in Sioux City, Iowa. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.

National Historic LandmarkListed 1966
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What it is

Wikipedia · Sergeant Floyd Monument

The Sergeant Floyd Monument is a monument on the Missouri River at Floyd's Bluff in Sioux City, Iowa, US. The monument honors Charles Floyd, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, who died on the upstream voyage in 1804 and was buried here.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeStructure
AddressGlenn Ave. and Lewis Rd., Sioux City, IA
CountyWoodbury County
ListedOct 15, 1966
Reference number66000340
Type of placemonument
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 structures

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

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AddressGlenn Ave. and Lewis Rd., Sioux City, IA
Coordinates42.46261, -96.37783 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitMissouri National Recreational River · 66 mi · on Park Atlas
Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000340. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.