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Auburn |
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Town/County: Auburn/Androscoggin | |
Location: In front of Androscoggin County Courthouse, Court and Turner Streets | |
Type: Soldier | Materials: Hallowell granite |
Date Erected: 1882 | Date Dedicated: May 30, 1882 |
Maker/Sculptor: Statue carved by two Italian artists in the employ of the Hallowell Granite Company, which made the monument. | Source of Funding: $4,150 from the City of Auburn |
Principal inscriptions: Erected/By The Citizens of Auburn/In Memory of Her Noble Sons/Who On Land and Sea/Gave Their Lives/To Preserve The Union/ And Secure Freedom/To All Its People/1882 | |
References: Auburn History Committee, Auburn 100 Years A City, Lewiston, 1968, p. 367; Fourteenth Annual Report of the City of Auburn, 1883, pp. 49-50; Lewiston Evening Journal, May 30, 1882 | |
Click on these photos for larger images | |
Current view
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Monument prior to its unveiling, May 30, 1882, stereo view by J.A. Swett |
Monument after its unveiling, May 30, 1882, stereo view by J.A. Swett
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Stereo view by A.D. Bonney, c.1885 |
Post card, c.1910
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