{"nrhp_refnum":"02000509","name":"Wyoming Monument","other_names":["Battle of Wyoming Monument"],"category":"object","location":{"address":"US 11, Wyoming Ave. and Susquehanna St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wyoming Borough","county":"Luzerne County","state":"PA","lat":41.30374264000005,"lon":-75.84558482099999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-05-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A commemorative obelisk monument on a lot at Wyoming Avenue and Susquehanna Street in Wyoming Borough, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, built between 1833 and 1843 as a grave marker and memorial to the Battle of Wyoming (1778).","why_significant":"The nomination argues the monument is significant for its role in commemorating the Battle of Wyoming and the Revolutionary War patriots slain there, and as an Egyptian Revival obelisk built as a grave marker. It also cites continuous commemorative ceremonies at the site from the 1830s onward, attended by two U.S. presidents, as giving it significance in its own right.","narrative":"Wyoming Borough in Luzerne County holds an Egyptian Revival obelisk of dark gray Wyoming Valley cut stone, built between 1833 and 1843 over the common grave of about eighty-three patriots killed at the Battle of Wyoming on July 3, 1778. The pedestal carries marble plaques listing the slain and survivors, and a bronze door leads to a vault beneath. The obelisk rises to sixty-two feet six inches and is enclosed by an iron fence. The Wyoming Valley women's association raised funds to finish the monument, and the grounds were graded and planted by 1864. Annual ceremonies have been held at the site since 1882, drawing large crowds; the 1878 centennial visit by President Rutherford B. Hayes and a 1905 visit by Theodore Roosevelt are among the notable events. The nomination regards the monument as an early example of Revolutionary War commemoration and as one of roughly two dozen American obelisks of its type built between 1792 and 1860.","period_of_significance":"1833-1952","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th century; Exotic Revival; Egyptian Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The monument is described as in good structural condition, with the Wyoming Monument Association holding title and maintaining it.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.017379-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/02000509.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000509/7fb0be2f0e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000509/7fb0be2f0e-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wyoming_Monument_1_LuzCo_PA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wyoming_Monument_1_LuzCo_PA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998824","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming_Monument","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8040364"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/luzerne-county/wyoming-monument-02000509/"}