Winchester Soldiers' Monument - Winchester, CT
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N 41° 55.470 W 073° 04.378
18T E 659783 N 4643189
The Winchester Soldiers' Monument is sited high on a hill on Crown Street overlooking the Winsted section of Winchester, CT
Waymark Code: WMFP76
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 11/12/2012
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In 1888, John T. Rockwell, Caleb Camp, and William L. Camp donated land on top of Camp Hill in Winsted to the Winchester Soldiers' Memorial Park Association in order to erect a memorial to those from Winchester who served during the Civil War. Together with the Palmer Post #33 of the Grand Army of the Republic planning and construction of a memorial and surrounding park began.
An 8.25' high by 3.25' wide bronze statue of a Civil War color bearer soldier stands above the southwest corner of a massive 44' x 20' x 20' Gothic Revival granite tower. The soldier is wearing wide brimmed hat and jacket. He is holding a flag upright in his right hand while his left hand is resting on his hip. On his left side a sword hangs down from his belt. The monument rises an additional 20 feet to the top of the soldier's flag staff. Civil War veteran Colonel Samuel B. Horne served as a model for the bronze statue.
The three storey tower is composed of local Highland Lake gray, green and pink granite supplied by Stephen Hurd. Stone & Wooster was the masonry contractor, and E. B. Parsons did the carpentry work. A plaque above the door is inscribed: SOLDIERS MEMORIAL. Inside, five marble plaques are inscribed with the names of about 300 men who died in the Civil War. The Monument was completed in 1890 and dedicated on September 11, 1890. A circular fountain, contained in the original plan, was designed by Andrew Coppola and installed south of the tower between 1977 and 1978.