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Fireman, Watertown Fire Department, (sculpture). Artist:  Van Vleck, George, designer. Charles H. More & Company, contractor. Title:  Fireman, Watertown Fire Department, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Firemens Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. Aug. 1890. Dedicated June 20, 1891. Medium:  Sculpture: Barre granite; Base: Barre granite. Dimensions:  Overall: approx. H. 16 1/2 ft.; Figure: life-size. Inscription:  (Incised on base, front:) WATERTOWN/FIRE/DEPARTMENT unsigned Description:  Uniformed male fire fighter stands on a tapered base. He wears a long belted coat, hat and moustache. He is aiming a hose held in both hands with his proper left hand around the nozzle. Two sides of the base are decorated with relief insignia of ladder, ax and rope. Subject:  Figure male -- Full length Occupation -- Service -- Fireman Dress -- Uniform -- Fireman Uniform Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Watertown Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Brookside Cemetery Association, Watertown Center Loop, Watertown, New York 13601 Located Brookside Cemetery, Section A, Watertown, New York Remarks:  The monument was funded with an appropriation of $1,650 by the Watertown Fire Department and is centered on a hill with six headstones of volunteer firemen. For related reading, see the Watertown Daily Times, June 20, 1891. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, NY0113, 1989. Monumental News, March 1891, pg. 116. 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 NY001812   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NY001812 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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