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Title
Bar Harbor Civil War Monument (Carmel, Maine)
Description
Bar Harbor's Civil War memorial is located in the old village burial grounds adjacent to the St. Saviour's Episcopal Church and the Bar Harbor Congregational Church on Mt. Desert Street. It is dedicated to the men of Eden (Bar Harbor's former name) who served during the American Civil War. The memorial was erected by the Town of Eden on November 4, 1897, the cost of the monument amounted to $5,000 dollars and was funded by the town and public subscription. It was designed and created by Cook & Watkins company of Boston, and the granite was supplied by N.H. Higgins of Ellsworth, Maine. The monument is thirty-three feet tall and is surmounted by a private of the Union Army. Each of its sides is engraved with the emblems representing each part of the Union military: the infantry, the artillery, the cavalry, and the artillery.
Creator
Cook & Watkins of Boston, granite supplied by N. H. Higgins of Ellsworth
Source
american,visualworkssculpture
Date
1897-01-01
Language
English
Type
Site
Identifier
99
Date Issued
1897-11-04
Extent
0m x 0m x 10.058399999999999m
Spatial Coverage
current,44.387343,-68.206533;
Rights Holder
Cook & Watkins Co. of Boston
Europeana
Country
United States
Europeana Data Provider
Bar Harbor Civil War Monument
Europeana Type
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Site Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Bar_Harbor_Civil_War_Monument_
Monument Type
Statue - standing soldier
Erected by
Town of Eden (Bar Harbor)
Funded by
Town of Eden & Public Subscription
Material
Granite
Inscription
Front: IN MEMORY / OF / EDEN'S SONS / WHO WERE / DEFENDERS OF THE UNION / 1861 -1865"
Back: "ERECTED / A.D. 1897
Cost
$5,000
State
Maine
Affiliation
Union
City
Carmel