Stone Mountain’s Confederate carving was begun in the early 1920s, worked on again in the 1960s, and officially completed in 1972.

Key dates in a nutshell

  • First carving work started: 1923, under sculptor Gutzon Borglum.
  • Work halted: 1928, after funding and political disputes.
  • Project revived by the State of Georgia: 1958 purchase of the mountain, with carving work resuming in the mid‑1960s.
  • Modern carving work underway again: 1963–1964 onward, under Walker Hancock and carver Roy Faulkner.
  • Public dedication of the monument: May 9, 1970.
  • Carving officially declared complete: March 3, 1972.

So if you’re asking “when was Stone Mountain carved,” the carving itself took place in two main bursts—1923–1928 and 1963/64–1972—with the monument dedicated in 1970 and finished in 1972.

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