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The Firemens Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  The Firemens Monument, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Binghamton Fire Department, (sculpture). Dates:  1873. Medium:  Sculpture: marble; Base, gate pillars, and steps: granite; Gate: bronze. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 20 ft. x 2 ft. 8 in. x 2 ft. 8 in.; Base: approx. 19 x 54 x 54 in. Inscription:  (On front of sculpture shaft, above relief:) NEVER DESPAIR (On front bottom of sculpture, below relief, raised lettering:) BINGHAMTON/FIRE DEPARTMENT/ORGANIZED JULY 1836/INCORPORATED APRIL 1869 (On front of top step, raised lettering:) VOLUNTEERS (On front of left gate pillar:) (Cornice, raised lettering:) FIRE DEPARTMENT (Bottom:) 1836 (On front of right gate pillar:) (Cornice, raised lettering:) CITY OF/BINGHAMTON (Bottom:) 1869 (On foundation, left side of steps:) COMMITTEE/WM. F. LENTZ./JEROME DE WITT./A.S. PATTEN./ABRAM DE WITT. unsigned Description:  A memorial honoring the Binghamton Fire Department consists of a marble shaft featuring a relief of a fireman rescuing a little boy from the flames of a fire. A wreath and clasped hands are on the left side of the shaft and a wreath and fireman's horn are on the right side. At the entrance to the memorial, there are five steps leading up to a simple, but elaborately decorated gate made of bronze pipe attached at each end to a decorated gate pillar. Each pillar has a pointed cornice topped by a round finial. A circular railing composed of bronze pipe and decorated concrete pillars with round finials encloses the sculpture and a firemen's burial plot. Subject:  Figure group -- Male & Child Occupation -- Service -- Fireman Dress -- Uniform -- Fireman Uniform Dress -- Accessory -- Protective Gear Object -- Other -- Wreath Figure -- Fragment -- Hand Object -- Musical Instrument -- Horn Disaster -- Fire Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Binghamton Relief Sculpture Owner:  Spring Forest Cemetery, 51 Mygatt Street, Binghamton, New York 13905 Remarks:  The sculpture honors the Binghamton Fire Department, organized in 1836. A firemen's fund was used to purchase a burial lot in Spring Forest Cemetery in August of 1869 and the sculpture was installed on the lot in 1873. IAS files excerpts from "Binghamton Illustrated, Part Five," H. R. Page & Company, 1890; William Foote Seward's "Binghamton and Broome County, New York: A History, Vol. I," New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1924, pg. 100. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. "Binghamton Illustrated, Part Five," H. R. Page & Company, 1890. 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 NY000778   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NY000778 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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