{"nrhp_refnum":"04001116","name":"Toronto World War I Momument","other_names":["Soldiers and Sailors"],"category":"object","location":{"address":"208 Market St. at Third St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Toronto","county":"Jefferson County","state":"OH","lat":40.465601193000055,"lon":-80.59969827599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-10-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Art"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A bronze memorial sculpture on an octagonal granite pedestal in a small public park at Market and Third Streets in Toronto, Jefferson County, Ohio, dedicated November 11, 1919. Sculptor Giuseppe Moretti designed it, and Roman Bronze Works of New York cast it.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an early and important example of World War I commemorative art in Ohio (Criterion A). It is also significant for its association with the Italian-born sculptor Giuseppe Moretti (Criterion C). It is described as the second oldest free-standing WWI monument in Ohio, and its Beaux-Arts design differs from the common 'Doughboy' type.","narrative":"Anchoring a small corner park in the Ohio River city of Toronto, this bronze World War I memorial shows three figures: a classical female figure representing Victory or Liberty, flanked by a soldier and a sailor in uniforms of the period. The statue stands 18 feet tall on an octagonal granite pedestal, with bronze plaques naming 300 local citizens who served and a dedicatory inscription. It was dedicated on November 11, 1919, before a crowd of nearly 15,000. Giuseppe Moretti, an Italian-born sculptor then living in Pittsburgh, designed it, and Roman Bronze Works of New York cast it. The nomination calls it one of the earliest WWI monuments in the United States and the second oldest free-standing one in Ohio. Its Beaux-Arts treatment differs from the widely repeated Doughboy statues. The monument was conserved in 2004, and the park around it was redesigned by community volunteers.","period_of_significance":"1919","architect_builder":"Giuseppi Moretti - Sculptor, Pittsburgh; Roman Bronze Works, New York City","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Classical Revival = Neo-Classical Revival (described in the text as Beaux-Arts)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Restored in summer 2004 by the McKay Lodge Fine Arts Conservation Lab; the statue and base are unaltered since the 1919 dedication. The surrounding park was redesigned and is counted as non-contributing.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:06.731926-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/04001116.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989494","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/jefferson-county/toronto-world-war-i-momument-04001116/"}