Contributed by Pittsfield Historical Society
Description
A committee of representatives from the GAR Stephen Davis Post #11, the Woman's Relief Corps #16 and local citizens raised funds and selected, from numerous designs, the one submitted by C.E. Tayntor Granite Works of New York & Hallowell.
The winning design submission is a stylized painting of a Civil War soldier at parade rest, atop a granite base.
The monument was unveiled and dedicated concurrently with the Pittsfield Public Library on May 28, 1904, during a special Memorial Day observance.
About This Item
- Title: Soldiers' Monument design, Pittsfield, ca. 1903
- Creator: C.E. Tayntor & Co.
- Creation Date: circa 1903
- Subject Date: circa 1903
- Location: Pittsfield, Somerset County, ME
- Media: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 100.5 cm x 74.5 cm
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Veterans--Civil War
- Military service--1860-1870
- Pittsfield (Me.)--History
- Maine--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans
- Grand Army of the Republic
- Monuments & memorials--Maine--Pittsfield
- Woman's Relief Corps (U.S.). Department of Maine
Other Keywords
- Community efforts
- Fundraising
- GAR
- Pittsfield
- Soldiers' Monument
- Stephen Davis Post #11
- Woman's Relief Corps #6
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Pittsfield Historical Society114 Central Street, Pittsfield, ME 04967
(207) 487-4926
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