<P> Monument Avenue is an avenue in Richmond , Virginia with a tree - lined grassy mall dividing the east - and westbound traffic and is punctuated by statues memorializing Virginian Confederate participants of the American Civil War , including Robert E. Lee , J.E.B. Stuart , Jefferson Davis , Thomas `` Stonewall '' Jackson , and Matthew Fontaine Maury . There is also a monument to Arthur Ashe , a Richmond native and international tennis star who was African - American . The first monument , a statue of Robert E. Lee , was erected in 1890 . Between 1900 and 1925 , Monument Avenue greatly expanded with architecturally significant houses , churches and apartment buildings . </P>
<P> Monument Avenue is an avenue in Richmond , Virginia with a tree - lined grassy mall dividing the east - and westbound traffic and is punctuated by statues memorializing Virginian Confederate participants of the American Civil War , including Robert E. Lee , J.E.B. Stuart , Jefferson Davis , Thomas `` Stonewall '' Jackson , and Matthew Fontaine Maury . There is also a monument to Arthur Ashe , a Richmond native and international tennis star who was African - American . The first monument , a statue of Robert E. Lee , was erected in 1890 . Between 1900 and 1925 , Monument Avenue greatly expanded with architecturally significant houses , churches and apartment buildings . </P>
when were the statues on monument avenue built
when were the statues on monument avenue built
1890 . Between 1900 and 1925
1890 . Between 1900 and 1925