The Firemens Monument - Binghamton, New York
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Monument to firefighters of the Binghamton Fire department in Spring Forest Cemetery
Waymark Code: WMN71B
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 01/08/2015
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"(On front of sculpture shaft, above relief:) NEVER DESPAIR (On front bottom of sculpture, below relief, raised lettering:) BINGHAMTON/FIRE DEPARTMENT/ORGANIZED JULY 1836/INCORPORATED APRIL 1869 (On front of top step, raised lettering:) VOLUNTEERS (On front of left gate pillar:) (Cornice, raised lettering:) FIRE DEPARTMENT (Bottom:) 1836 (On front of right gate pillar:) (Cornice, raised lettering:) CITY OF/BINGHAMTON (Bottom:) 1869 (On foundation, left side of steps:) COMMITTEE/WM. F. LENTZ./JEROME DE WITT./A.S. PATTEN./ABRAM DE WITT. unsigned"
"A memorial honoring the Binghamton Fire Department consists of a marble shaft featuring a relief of a fireman rescuing a little boy from the flames of a fire. A wreath and clasped hands are on the left side of the shaft and a wreath and fireman's horn are on the right side. At the entrance to the memorial, there are five steps leading up to a simple, but elaborately decorated gate made of bronze pipe attached at each end to a decorated gate pillar. Each pillar has a pointed cornice topped by a round finial. A circular railing composed of bronze pipe and decorated concrete pillars with round finials encloses the sculpture and a firemen's burial plot."
TITLE: The Firemens Monument
ARTIST(S): unknown
DATE: 1873
MEDIUM: Sculpture: marble; Base, gate pillars, and steps: granite; Gate: bronze.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS NY000778
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
51 Mygatt Street
Spring Forest Cemetery
Binghamton, NY 13905
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
None noted.
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