Firefighters' Memorial, (sculpture).

Firefighters' Memorial, (sculpture).

Nothaker, Ed, sculptor.

Firefighters' Memorial, (sculpture).

Dedicated April 13, 1958. Rededicated Oct. 16, 1988.

Limestone, black granite, former bronze fire bell on a limestone base.

Sculpture: approx. H. 5 1/2 ft. x W. 54 in.; Bell: approx. H. 21 in.; Base: approx. 6 1/2 ft. x 54 in. x 22 in.

(Bronze plaque base front:) In memoriam/members of the Columbus Fire Department/who have answered their last alarm. unsigned

A 21 inch bronze tower bell from a former Columbus firehouse, hanging between four 6 foot fluted limestone columns. The columns support a limestone cap with 4 bronze Maltese crosses boxed at the center top. Four limestone benches surround the memorial. Each bench has a word carved at the seat front: Dedication, Compassion, Sacrifice, Protectors. A 35 ft. aluminum flag pole on a terrazo base was added May 17, 1965. New landscape, an eternal flame, and a black granite monument with the names of those who died in the line of duty were added during the summer of 1988.

Occupation -- Service -- Fireman

Disaster -- Fire

Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Columbus

Administered by City of Columbus, Public Safety Department, Fire Division, 200 Greenlawn Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43223

Located Battelle Riverfront Park, Marconi Boulevard & West Gay Street, Columbus, Ohio

IAS files contain copies of a April 1992 news release from the Public Safety Department, Fire Division, and an unidentified excerpt describing the history of the memorial. The idea for the memorial originated after a Feb. 19, 1936 fire at the old I.O.O.F. Hall at 198 South High Street claimed the lives of two Columbus fire captains, one lieutenant, and two firefighters. In 1957, Chief Walter Strickfaden commissioned firefighter Joe Pishitelli to be project coordinator. Land was acquired through a City Council ordinance and Lieutenant Ed Nothacker was selected to design the memorial. Ground was broken on Nov. 30, 1957 and the memorial was dedicated April 13, 1958.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Columbus survey, 1993.

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