{"nrhp_refnum":"09000575","name":"Lewis County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument","other_names":[],"category":"object","location":{"address":"Village Green, NY 26 and Bostwick Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lowville","county":"Lewis County","state":"NY","lat":43.79280264400006,"lon":-75.49523442799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-07-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Art"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly twenty-foot cast-zinc Civil War monument on the village green at West State Street (NYS Route 26) and Bostwick Street in Lowville, Lewis County, New York, dedicated in 1883. It includes an iron Civil War coehorn mortar placed in front of it.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the monument is a locally significant work of art reflecting Victorian-era Lewis County residents' view of Union veterans and their cause. It expresses the civic values of the Grand Army of the Republic. It is also a representative, intact example of a zinc soldier monument made by the Monumental Bronze Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a type said to survive in only about 125 examples.","narrative":"Standing at the southern end of a small triangular green in Lowville, this twenty-foot monument honors the Union soldiers and sailors of Lewis County. Cast from zinc by the Monumental Bronze Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut, it rises from a three-stepped base through a plinth, tapered column and Corinthian-style capital to a life-sized soldier at parade rest. Raised lettering names battle sites such as Gettysburg and Antietam, and lists 267 local dead, with more names on the plinth tablets. Military emblems and a Grand Army of the Republic badge decorate the column. An iron coehorn mortar rests in front. Local veterans of the G.D. Bailey Post raised funds through public subscription, and the monument was unveiled on July 4, 1883, before a reported crowd of over 5,000. It is valued as a locally significant work of commemorative art and as an intact example of a rare zinc soldiers' memorial.","period_of_significance":"1883","architect_builder":"Monumental Bronze Company, Bridgeport, CT.","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Restoration was attempted in 1988, when the monument was filled with reinforced concrete. The west tablet was removed for condition assessment and is in storage in the village offices.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.12348-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/09000575.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000575/c4dc0fbb71-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000575/c4dc0fbb71-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jgonglach","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Soldier%27s_Monument_of_Lowville,_NY_in_the_Fall..JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Jgonglach</a>, <a href=\"https://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:Soldier%27s_Monument_of_Lowville,_NY_in_the_Fall..JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318579","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_County_Soldiers%27_and_Sailors%27_Monument","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6536469"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/lewis-county/lewis-county-soldiers-and-sailors-monument-09000575/"}