Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).

Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).

Sturgis, R. Clipston, 1860-1951, sculptor.

Wardwell, A. W., sculptor.

Bodwell Granite Company, fabricator.

Boston Art Metal Company, founder.

Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).

1912. Dedicated June 17, 1912. Relocated 1959.

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Figure: bronze; Mast: pine, painted white; Base: granite; Benches: granite.

Approx. W. 10 ft. x D. 10 ft.; Benches: approx. H. 24 in. x W. 18 in. x L. 6 ft.

(On plaque, street side:) HERE STOOD FOR MANY YEARS THE HOME OF EDWIN LIBBY POST NO. 16 GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE STATE OF MAINE (On plaque, left:) THE CITY OF ROCKLAND IS FOREVER TO PROTECT AND MAINTAIN THIS MEMORIAL AND THE LAND UPON WHICH IT RESTS (On plaque, rear:) TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE MEN WHO CLAIMING ROCKLAND BY BIRTH OR BY ADOPTION AS THEIR HOME SERVED IN THE ARMY & NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES WAR OF 1861-1865 (On plaque, right:) THIS MEMORIAL ERECTED BY THE MUNICIPALITY CITIZENS AND FRIENDS-THE EDWIN LIBBY POST AND KINDRED ORGANIZATIONS OF PATRIOTIC MEN AND WOMEN A D 1912 unsigned

Four benches surround a circular granite base which rises to an ornately carved four-sided structure. There is a decorative plaque on each side with inscriptions. A tall mast rises from the base and is topped by an allegorical figure of Victory. Above the plaques are reliefs of vertically stacked rifles with four oval reliefs containing an eagle with arrows and olive branch, a ship with an eagle, a panel with flags, drums and cannonballs and the inscription "MDCCLXXVIII."

History -- United States -- Civil War

Allegory -- Other -- Triumph

Outdoor Sculpture -- Maine -- Rockland

Administered by City of Rockland, City Hall, Rockland, Maine 04841

Located Shore Village Museum, 104 Limerock Street, Rockland, Maine 04841

Formerly located Grand Army of the Republic Hall, Corner of Limerock & Union Streets, Rockland, Maine 04841 1912-1959.

Commissioned under the auspices of the Edwin Libby Post No. 16, Grand Army of the Republic and the Rockland Soldiers and Sailors Monument Association. The Women's Edwin Libby Relief Corps raised additional funds and the City of Rockland appropriated $1,000 to augment two accounts begun about the early 1890s. The final cost was $5,215.62. The mast, a gift of Arthur Wardell, was built by A. W. Wardell. The Boston Art Metal Company created the Victory figure and the Bodwell Granite Company did the stone work. The original site at Limerock and Union Streets was the meeting hall for the Edwin Libby Post. In 1959, the Post vacated the hall and sometime thereafter, the sculpture was relocated to their new headquarters now the Shore Village Museum. IAS files contain a related article from the Courier-Gazette (Rockland, ME), June 18, 1912, and a balance sheet submitted by E. A. Butler, treasurer of the Monument Association. The arm of Victory is a replacement. Oct. 1994 SOS! survey reports that sculpture had been recently cleaned.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maine survey, 1994.

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