{"nrhp_refnum":"06000646","name":"Washington Avenue Soldier's Monument and Triangle","other_names":["Washington Avenue Triangle and Monument"],"category":"object","location":{"address":"Washington Avenue Triangle (Jct. of Washington and Lafayette Aves.)","address_restricted":false,"city":"Suffern","county":"Rockland County","state":"NY","lat":41.114896541000064,"lon":-74.14979626599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-07-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small triangular public parcel at the Washington Avenue and Lafayette Avenue (Route 59) intersection in the Village of Suffern, Rockland County, New York, holding a 1921 zinc Doughboy statue on a concrete pedestal and a Revolutionary War-vintage cannon placed there in 1908.","why_significant":"The monument records local recognition of Suffern residents who served in the First World War, and later plaques extend it to other wars. It is also significant for design as an intact example of a zinc statue made by the J.W. Fiske Iron Works of New York City. The cannon and triangle date to 1908, and the site has associations with Revolutionary War military activity.","narrative":"At the junction of Washington and Lafayette Avenues in downtown Suffern, a small triangular lot holds two commemorative objects: a zinc statue of a First World War infantryman, dedicated on Memorial Day 1921, and a Revolutionary War-era cannon named \"Independence,\" installed in 1908 after Charles E. Suffern gave it to the village. The statue shows a helmetless soldier in a defiant pose on a white-painted concrete pedestal, and was produced by the J.W. Fiske Iron Works of New York City. Its zinc was finished to imitate costlier bronze, which made such monuments affordable to towns. Bronze plaques on the pedestal honor local service in later wars, including World War II, Korea and Vietnam. The original rifle was stolen in 1968 and replaced with a cast copy in 1996. Local Memorial Day observances have been held at the triangle since 1921. The site also lies near places linked to Washington's and Rochambeau's troops during the Revolution.","period_of_significance":"1908-c. 1955","architect_builder":"Statue: J.W. Fiske Iron Works, New York City","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Site hosts Suffern's annual Memorial Day observances; the statue's rifle is a 1996 replacement of one stolen in 1968.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:52.936941-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/06000646.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000646/3fe3d9880a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000646/3fe3d9880a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Washington_Avenue_Soldiers%27_Monument.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Washington_Avenue_Soldiers%27_Monument.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321530","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Avenue_Soldier%27s_Monument_and_Triangle","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7971680"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/rockland-county/washington-avenue-soldiers-monument-and-triangle-06000646/"}