Alfred Skitt Reed Memorial - Great Barrington, MA
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Alfred Skitt Reed Memorial on the lawn in front of the Town Hall at 334 Main St. in Great Barrington, MA.
Waymark Code: WM13DY2
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 11/19/2020
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The granite memorial to Alfred Skitt Reed consisting of two curved benches with ends formed as wings with three-toed claws at the bottom. The benches are placed on top a semicircular stepped base. The architect for the memorial was was H. L. Movius and the contractor was Edward H. Shaw, contractor.
A bronze plaque on the ground in front of the benches is inscribed:
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
ALFRED SKITT REED
1897 - 1924
ERECTED BY HIS MOTHER
MCMXXVI
Alfred Skitt Reed, was born in Yonkers, NY in 1897. He was a veteran of WWI. He died in an car accident near Canastota, N.Y. on October 30, 1924 and is buried in Mahaiwe Cemetery in Great Barrington, MA.
The Alfred Skitt Reed Memorial is listed in the Smithsonian Art Inventory Catalog: link