Philip Eckel Memorial, (sculpture).

Philip Eckel Memorial, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Carrick Brothers, contractor.

Emslie, McLeod & Company, contractor.

Philip Eckel Memorial, (sculpture).

Eckel Memorial, (sculpture).

Fireman Statue, (sculpture).

Dedicated Aug. 22, 1900. Relocated 1959 and in May 2, 1979.

Sculpture: Westerly granite; Base: Barre granite.

Approx. H. 25 ft.

(On front of base:) COME ON BOYS/PHILIP ECKEL (On plaque, front of base:) CHIEF PHILIP ECKEL/ON MAY 2, 1979 THIS STATUE WAS MOVED TO/FAYETTE FIREFIGHTERS MEMORIAL PARK THROUGH/THE EFFORTS AND DONATIONS OF THE FOLLOWING:/CITY OF SYRACUSE LEE ALEXANDER, MAYOR/SYRACUSE KIWANIS B. WHITBREAD, PRESIDENT (On back of base:) EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE/(list of names) (On left side of base:) BORN AUG. 11, 1827/DIED JUNE 1, 1886 (On right side of base:) ERECTED A. D. 1900/BY HIS FRIENDS

A standing portrait of Philip Eckel dressed in his firefighter's uniform and holding a fire horn tucked under his proper left arm. The sculpture rests atop a square block with a fire department emblem on the south side, Masonic emblem on the west side, and fireman's star on the east side. The square block is placed atop a formal pedestal base with molded top, flat sided shaft with bull horns at the corners and a plaque on the south side. The monument base is moulded with a flat plinth and four fire hydrants at the corner of the plinth. On the back is a symbol and the words "UYTET GOMMER," and there is an eagle perched atop a shield on the right side. The entire monument rests on a square concrete foundation located in the center of an oval reflecting pool that is surrounded by a wrought or cast iron fence.

Portrait male -- Eckel, Philip -- Full length

Occupation -- Service -- Fireman

Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Syracuse

Administered by City of Syracuse, Department of Parks and Recreation, 412 Spencer Street, Syracuse, New York 13204

Located Fayette-Syracuse Fire Fighters Memorial Park, East Fayette Street, East Genesee Street & South Townsend Street, Syracuse, New York

The memorial was erected to honor Syracuse Fire Chief Philip Eckel who lost his life on June 1, 1886. The memorial was originally located at the corner of Salina, Butternut, and State Streets (1900). In 1959, it was moved to Ashland Park at the corner of Salina and Pearl Streets for I-81 construction. In 1979, it was again relocated, this time to Fayette Park (now Fayette-Syracuse Fire Fighters Memorial Park), as part of a larger tribute to fireman. The monument height was reduced in 1979 by removal of two base plinth stones. At that time, too, a bronze plaque was added to the south side of the pedestal.

Onondaga County Public Library, 1988.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, NY5065, 1989.

Monumental News, March, May 1900.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1993.

Ted Bartlett, Crawford & Stearns: Architects and Preservation Planners, 1999.

Onondaga County Public Library..., "Public Art in Syracuse and Onondaga County," 1985, pg. 19.

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