Fireman Memorial - Corsicana, Texas
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N 32° 05.715 W 096° 28.081
14S E 738945 N 3553799
Located on the lawn of the courthouse.
Waymark Code: WM7KN1
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/05/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
Views: 10

Full-length figure of a fireman wearing a helmet, boots and suspenders. He is standing in front of a fire hydrant with a hose attached to the hydrant and wrapping around the proper right side of the fireman. The fireman holds the hose's nozzle in his proper left hand; with his proper right hand he holds a hose grip. The fireman stands on a tiered hexagon base with inscriptions on all six sides.

Inscription:
(Top of base on all six sides:)
C.F.D.
(Front of base, side 1:)
DEDICATED/TO/OUR CHIEF/RUBE FREEMAN/1859-1917
(list of 6 names of firefighters)
MONUMENT COMMITTEE/1917-18
(Remaining sides lists names of firefighters from H. & L. Co. No. 1; Chemical Co. No.1; Hose Co. No. 2; and Hose Co. No. 1
(Three of the lower base sides read:)
ERECTED BY VOLUNTEERS
(Rear base side reads:)
DISBANDED/1926
TITLE: Fireman Memorial

ARTIST(S): unknown

DATE: 1917-1918?

MEDIUM: Fireman: white or cream marble; Base: gray granite.

CONTROL NUMBER: IAS TX000184

Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]

PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Navarro County Courthouse 300 block of 3rd Avenue Corsicana, Texas


DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
In very good condition. In process of researching reason for memorial. Local historical society is assisting.


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