Columbus Circle statue will be a protected landmark By Bob Fredericks December 6, 2018 | 4:25pm | Updated Getty Images The monument honoring Christopher Columbus in Columbus Circle — which survived an attempt to have it removed — will now be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The National Park Service last month added the 126-year-old, 76-foot statue...

NYC’s Columbus statue added to National Register of Historic Places The statue of Christopher Columbus has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. Thursday, December 06, 2018 NEW YORK — The statue of Christopher Columbus standing atop a column in Manhattan has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. Democratic Gov....