War Memorial, Worthington Ridge, (sculpture).

War Memorial, Worthington Ridge, (sculpture).

Fox-Becker Granite Company, fabricator.

Brooks, William F., landscape architect.

Niehaus, Charles Henry, 1855-1935, sculptor. (possibly by)

War Memorial, Worthington Ridge, (sculpture).

Digital Reference:

Eagle: bronze; Shaft: light grey granite.

Eagle: approx. 18 x 36 x 18 in.; Shaft: approx. 40 x 8 x 8 ft.

(Plaque east side:) 1920/ERECTED BY THE TOWN OF BERLIN/IN HONOR OF/HER PATRIOTIC MEN AND WOMEN/WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY/IN TIME OF WAR/FOR THE DEAD - A TRIBUTE/FOR THE LIVING - A MEMORY/FOR POSTERITY - AN EMBLEM OF LOYALTY/TO THE FLAG OF THEIR COUNTRY (South:) THE/CIVIL WAR/1861-1865 (West side:) THE/SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR/1898 (North side:) THE/WORLD/WAR/1914-1918

A tall granite obelisk which is surmounted by a bronze eagle and flanked by flag poles on either side. At the rear of the site, where grade falls off, two pergolas flank a rounded brownstone projection which surrounds a field artillery piece. Later additions to the monument include four stelae holding bronze plaques in front of the pergola. These latter plaques commemorate the Vietnam and Korean Wars and World War II, listing names of war dead and missing in action.

History -- United States -- Civil War

History -- United States -- Spanish American War

History -- United States -- World War I

History -- United States -- Vietnam War

History -- United States -- Korean War

History -- United States -- World War II

Animal -- Bird -- Eagle

Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Berlin

Administered by Town of Berlin, Public Grounds Department, 15 Town Farm Lane, Berlin, Connecticut 06037

Located Worthington Ridge & Farmington Avenue, Berlin, Connecticut 06037

See IAS files for a photocopy of Nov. 11, 1920 dedication pamphlet and an unidentified newspaper clipping that provides details about the upcoming dedication ceremonies. The monument was erected at a cost of about $3,750 dollars, with land purchased by then Major Frank L. Wilcox, president of the Fidelity Trust Company. The Fox & Becker Granite Company of Middletown was awarded the contract for the work. Architect William F. Brooks was responsible for the landscape design and it is believed that Charles Henry Niehaus sculpted the eagle.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993.

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