[4] The Memorial to the Women of the Confederacy is located at 328 North Arthur Ashe Boulevard, on the site of an old soldiers' home for veterans of the military forces of the Confederate States.

[5] It was built between 1955 and 1957, and is a one-story, three part, marble-clad building in a stripped classical style.

It was constructed principally of Georgia marble, with entrance doors of architectural bronze decorated with the organization's badge.

[7] Windows were broken and fire was set to the curtains hanging in the building's Caroline Meriwether Goodlett Library.

The fire was largely contained to the library, but there was some smoke and water damage throughout the building.