Sisson-Chittenden Mausoleum - Binghamton, NY
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ripraff
N 42° 06.566 W 075° 55.407
18T E 423652 N 4662338
This is close to the entrance, it can be seen easily.
Waymark Code: WMPPMV
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 10/02/2015
Views: 2
"The bronze door on the front of Eva Sisson-Chittenden's mausoleum features a relief of two robed female figures holding a portrait medallion between them. Featured on the medallion is the face of Eva Sisson-Chittenden."
There is also a stained glass window dedicated to her at Trinity Memorial Church: "According to our Stained Glass Window Guide, the Mary and Martha window was installed in 1929 in memory of Eva Sisson Chittenden. The window was made in the Gothic Revival style by the J. Wippel Co of Exeter, England. Who was Eva Sisson Chittenden?... Longtime Binghamton residents will remember Sisson - Welden Brothers Department Store in downtown Binghamton and she was part of that family. Eva married Walter Lyon Chittenden and they had two children. Their son, William S. Chittenden, was a prominent Binghamton banker. "
TITLE: Sisson-Chittenden Mausoleum
ARTIST(S): Maldarelli, Oronzio 1892-1963
DATE: Cast 1929
MEDIUM: Door: Bronze; Mausoleum: granite
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 77002438
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Spring Forest Cemetery
Mygatt Street
Binghamton, NY 13905
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
None noted.
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