{"nrhp_refnum":"73001635","name":"Soldiers and Sailors Monument","other_names":["National Monument"],"category":"site","location":{"address":"Penn Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lancaster","county":"Lancaster County","state":"PA","lat":40.03790229400005,"lon":-76.30564730299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-04-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Exploration/Settlement","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A granite Gothic-style monument in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, with a crowning statue of the genius of liberty and four statues of servicemen at its base. The monument stands 43 feet high on an 18-foot-square platform.","why_significant":"The monument marks a site used for national, colonial, state and local events over about 240 years, including the 1777 meeting of the Continental Congress in Lancaster. The nomination argues it is a well preserved example of mid-nineteenth-century sculpture and one of the earliest Civil War monuments. It is also described as a distinctive community landmark beyond its role as a war memorial.","narrative":"Gothic-style granite monument in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, rising 43 feet from an 18-foot-square platform. Four six-foot statues at the corners represent the infantry, artillery, cavalry and navy, and a crowning eight-foot statue depicts the genius of liberty holding a sheathed sword. The shaft carries the names of eight battlefields in raised relief. Dedicated on July 4, 1874, to county war dead of the Civil War, it occupies the site of two successive county courthouses. Earlier events there included a 1744 meeting between colonial governors and Six Nations chiefs, Pennsylvania's first Revolutionary militia assembly in 1776, a dinner for President George Washington in 1791, and a visit by Lafayette in 1825. A granite base carries an inscription recording the 1777 meeting of the Continental Congress. The monument is valued for its historical associations with the site and for its well preserved sculpture, which dates from the early period of Civil War memorials.","period_of_significance":"1874","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Gothic","criteria":[],"status_note":"The monument is in practically perfect condition and is described as unaltered and at its original site.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.463369-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/73001635.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001635/a47258610f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001635/a47258610f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Daderot","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lancaster_Soldiers_and_Sailors_Monument_-_IMG_7743.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Daderot</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lancaster_Soldiers_and_Sailors_Monument_-_IMG_7743.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"01000956","name":"Lancaster City Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/lancaster-city-historic-district-01000956/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996123","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldiers_and_Sailors_Monument_(Lancaster,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1121083"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lancaster-county/soldiers-and-sailors-monument-73001635/"}