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Westville Soldiers' Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Brown & VonBeren, architectural firm. Title:  Westville Soldiers' Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated 1915. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Exedra: traprock and concrete; Plaques: bronze. Dimensions:  Each pier: approx. 16 x 4 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 5 ft. 5 1/2 in. x 29 in. x 12 ft. 9 in. Inscription:  (South pier on bronze plaque, raised:) ERECTED BY THE/WESTVILLE SOLDIERS MEMORIAL/ASSOCIATION/ TO COMMEMORATE THOSE WHO ENLISTED/FROM THIS PLACE IN THE/WAR OF 1861-1865 (followed by 32 names in two columns) (On exedra floor, bronze lettering:) SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL/A.D. 1915 unsigned Description:  Two square piers flanked by curved wings with seats which terminate in shorter, rounded piers (H. 5 ft.) The masonry trim on the wing walls and floor is concrete. The piers, wings and floor are trap rock ashlar. The top part of each tall pier is paneled with cast concrete. The front panel on each bears a relief of the Connecticut seal (north pier) and United States seal (south pier). On the front face of each pier are bronze plaques bearing inscriptions. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Emblem -- Seal Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- New Haven Exedra Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of New Haven, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Trees, 720 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut 06515 Located Beecher Park, Corner of Whalley Avenue and Philip Street, New Haven, Connecticut References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993. Office of Cultural Affairs, City of New Haven, 2007. 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 CT000303   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CT000303 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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