Gorham

 
County: Cumberland Source of Funding: $3,060 from Toppan Robie
Location: Former Town Hall; College St Maker/Sculptor: William Johnson of Maden, MA
Type: Shaft Materials: Italian Marble
Date Erected: 1866 Date Dedicated: October 18, 1866
Principal Inscriptions:  Erected By/Hon. Toppan Robie/To The Memory of The Sons of Gorham/Who Sacrificed Their Lives For Their Country/In The Great Rebellion of 1861./1866./Fence given by Col. F. Robie/1872
References: Dedication of the Soldiers' Monument at Gorham, Maine, Portland, 1866; Eastern Argus, October 18 & 19, 1866; Portland Daily Press, October 18 & 19, 1866

Current View

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Post Card, c. 1910

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Stereo View, c. August 1868

Taken by S. Towle, Ceremony at the Soldiers Monument

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Stereo View, c. 1872

Taken by Issac H. Dupee

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