McKinley Monument - Buffalo, New York
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BruceS
N 42° 53.184 W 078° 52.687
17T E 673272 N 4750383
Monument dedicated to President McKinley in middle of Niagara Square in downtown Buffalo.
Waymark Code: WMB7TM
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 04/16/2011
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"The monument consists of a marble obelisk mounted on an octagonal base surrounded by four recumbent lions and four turtles. The lions are placed at the corners of a base, and just above them are four small marble fountain basins. The monument is sited in the center of a circular plaza paved with multicolored stone. Marble steps lead up from the plaza to the four marble water basins. The outer edge of the plaza is surrounded by a marble balustrade. A bronze chain strung between white marble piers encircles the plaza.
The monument was erected to memorialize William McKinley who was assassinated in Buffalo during the Pan-American Exposition held in 1901. The base and the monument design were created by architects Carrere & Hastings. The lions and turtles were sculpted by Alexander Proctor, who did some of the hand carving of the lion at the Indian Hill barn in Bedford, New York. Other decorative carvings were done by Newman & Evans. The cost of the monument was $100,000." - Smithsonian Art Inventory
The monument is inscribed
(Tablet on south side:)
This Shaft Was Erected
By The State Of New York
To Honor The Memory Of
William McKinley
Twenty-Fifth President
Of the United States
Of America.
(Tablet on west side:)
William McKinley Was Born
At Niles, Ohio, Jan 29th, 1843
Was Enlisted In 23d Ohio
Volunteers June 11, 1861, As
Private; Was Mustered Out
July 26, 1865 As Major By
Brevet For Gallantry
Under Fire.
(Tablet on north side:)
William McKinley Was
Elected To Congress As A
Representative From Ohio
In 1876, '78, '80, '82, '84, '86, '88.
Was Elected Governor Of
Ohio In 1891 And 1893 And
President Of The United States
In 1896 And 1900.
(Tablet on east side:)
William McKinley Died In
Buffalo, September 14, 1901
Victim Of A Treacherous
Assassin, Who Shot The
President As He Was
Extending To Him The
Hand Of Courtesy.