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Burdick, William A.,
Smith Granite Company,
Rhode Island Granite Works,
History -- United States
Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Norfolk
Obelisk
Sculpture
Soldiers' Monument, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Burdick, William A., contractor.
Smith Granite Company, fabricator. (possibly by)
Rhode Island Granite Works, fabricator. (possibly by)
Title:
Soldiers' Monument, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
Installed ca. 1870.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Gray Westerly granite.
Dimensions:
Approx. 24 x 6 x 6 ft.
Inscription:
(On front of pedestal, incised:) TO THE MEMORY OF THE/SOLDIERS FROM THIS TOWN/WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY/IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION/(Followed by seven names and dates of death) (On south and east sides of pedestal: nine names and dates) (On north side of pedestal: ten names and dates) unsigned
Description:
An obelisk consisting of pedestal and tapered shaft.
Subject:
History
--
United States
--
Civil War
Object Type:
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
Connecticut
--
Norfolk
Obelisk
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Town of
Norfolk
, Selectmen's Office, 19 Maple Avenue,
Norfolk
,
Connecticut
06058
Located Town Green, South intersection of SRs 44 & 272,
Norfolk
,
Connecticut
Remarks:
The cost of the monument was $2,200. The monument may have been cut by the Smith Granite Co. or Rhode Island Granite Works. For related information see Theron Wilmot Crissey's "1744-1900 History of
Norfolk
, Litchfield County,
Connecticut
," published by Massachusetts Publishing Company, 1900, pg. 315; and Frederick S. Dennis's "The
Norfolk
Village Green,"
Norfolk
, 1917, pg. 64-65.
References:
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Outdoor
Sculpture
,
Connecticut
survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and
Sculpture
database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and
Sculpture
, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS CT000194
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
CT000194
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