The Battery Conservancy

Monuments and Memorials

• • Netherlands Memorial
  • Dedicated December 6, 1926
  • Description: Sculpted flagstaff pedestal, presented by Dutch people to NYC. Granite, bronze.
  • Donor/Source: People of Netherlands
  • Fabricator/Sculptor: H.A. Van den Eyden
  
• • Fort George Memorial
  • Dedicated 1817
  • Description: Tablet marking SW bastion; disappeared and rediscovered twice. White Vermont marble.
  • Donor/Source: Corporation of the City of New York
  
• • John Ericsson Statue
  • Dedicated 1902; replaces original of 1893
  • Description: Statue (heroic scale) of Swedish scientist and businessman on integral plinth; pedestal with four recessed relief plaques (recast, 1951/2).
  • Donor/Source: State of New York
  • Sculptor: Jonathan Scott Hartley; Architect of new pedestal (1951/2): Frank E. Wallis
  
• • Jerusalem Grove
  • Dedicated July 8, 1976
  • Description: Grove of 11 Blue Atlas Cedars (Cedrus atlantica ’Glauca’) with inscribed horizontal marker.
  • Donor/Source: City of Jersualem
  
• • The Sphere (Temporary)
  • Dedicated March 11, 2002
  • Description: Temporary Installation of artwork salvaged from WTC Disaster Site. 25’ high sphere stood in the WTC Plaza as a monument to world peace from 1971 to September 11, 2001.
  • Donor/Source: City of New York
  • Fabricator/Sculptor: Fritz Koenig
  
• • New York Korean War Veterans Memorial
  • Dedicated June 25, 1991
  • Description: Obelisk with cutout in shape of soldier on base with mosaic, two plaques on two markers in circular plaza.
  • Donor/Source: NY Korean Veterans Memorial Commission; Muncipal Art
  • Fabricator/Sculptor: Mac Adams
  
• • Walloon Settlers Memorial
  • Dedicated May 20, 1924
  • Description: Stele with exedra; carved in Belgium by Walloons (came to NY in 1624)
  • Donor/Source: Conseil Provincial du Hainaut (Belgium)
  • Architect: Henry Bacon
  
• • The Immigrants
  • Dedicated 1983 (cast 1973)
  • Description: Group (heroic scale) on base, commemorates Immigrant Landing Depot at Castle Clinton, representing different ethnic groups.
  • Donor/Source: Samuel and May Rudin, Rudin Management Company
  • Sculptor: Luis Sanguino; Architect: Frank Luzi; Fabricator: A. Ottavino Corp (base)
  
• • Emma Lazarus Memorial
  • Dedicated: 1955
  • Description: SoL poet; plaque on plinth; lead capsule in foundation contains list of 402 contributors; bronze and limestone.
  • Donor/Source: Federation of Jewish Women’ Organizations, Inc.
  
• • Salvation Army Memorial
  • Dedicated 1952
  • Description: Stele on plinth, plaque; commemorates arrival of first SA unit in NYC (1880), replaces 1927 original (stolen 1942).
  • Donor/Source: Salvation Army
  • Architect: J.V. & R.V. Lamb
  
• • Norwegian Maritime Monument
  • Dedicated October 21, 1982
  • Description: Small boulder with incised anchor motif, atop large inscribed boulder, inscribed marker, WW2 memorial.
  • Donor/Source: Norwegian war veterans
  • Fabricator: A. Ottavino Corp
  
• • Admiral George Dewey Memorial
  • Dedicated 1973
  • Description: Plaque with two relief medallions on plinth; portraits of Dewey and salior figure. Bronze, granite. Commemorates Spanish-American War victory at Manila Bay.
  • Donor/Source: 18 civic, veterans’ and historical associations, under auspices of American Battle Monument Commission
  • Fabricator/Sculptor: Daniel Chester French
  
• • Coast Guard Memorial
  • Dedicated 1955 (created 1947)
  • Description: Group of three figures (heroic scale), integral plinth, pedestal; bronze and granite. WW2.
  • Donor/Source: United States Coast Guard
  • Fabricator/Sculptor: Norman M. Thomas
  
• • East Coast Memorial
  • Dedicated 1960
  • Description: Eagle on pedestal between two ranks of 4 inscribed pylons, aligned with Statue of Liberty.
  • Donor/Source: ABMC
  • Fabricator/Sculptor: Albino Manca
  
• • John Wolfe Ambrose Memorial
  • Dedicated June 1, 1936
  • Description: Stele with bust; portrait sculpture of the Irish–American scientist and writer.
  • Donor/Source: Mrs. George F. Shrady, daughter
  • Fabricator/Sculptor: Bust: Andrew O–Connor, Jr.; pedestal relief: Frederick George Richard Roth. Architect: Aymar Embury II
  
• • Marine Flagstaff
  • Dedicated ca. 1955
  • Description: Flagstaff with yard arm; commemorates marine history of Battery Park. Aluminum.
  
• • Battery Cannon
  • Dedicated 1914
  • Description: Cannon on base, plaque. Dates from Revolutionary War.
  • Donor/Source: William Henry Mairs; placed by Children of the City History Club
  • Architect: J.V. & R.V. Lamb
  
• • Wireless Operators Memorial
  • Dedicated April 15, 1915
  • Description: Inscribed cenotaph with three large plaques, one medium plaque, and seven small plaques; Fountain; two benches.
  • Donor/Source: Veteran Wireless Operators Association
  • Fabricator/Sculptor: Edward S. Hewitt & William L. Bottomley
  
• • American Merchant Mariners’ Memorial
  • Dedicated October 8, 1991
  • Description: Depicts merchant mariners in a sinking lifeboat; dedicated to merchant mariners lost at sea. Plaque on base.
  • Donor/Source: American Merchant Marine Memorial, Inc. c/o Joan Samsen Assoc.
  • Fabricator/Sculptor: Marisol Escobar
  
• • Peter Caesar Alberti Marker
  • Dedicated 1959/1985
  • Description: Italian American explorer; originally bronze plaque on granite (stolen); now granite marker on plinth.
  • Donor/Source: Original–Italian Historical Society of America (stolen)
  • Fabricator/Sculptor: A. Ottavino Corp.
  
• • Giovanni da Verrazzano
  • Dedicated October 6, 1909
  • Description: Italian explorer; half figure and standing figure (both heroic scale) on pedestal.
  • Donor/Source: Charles Barsotti organized public subscription
  • Fabricator/Sculptor: Ettore Ximenes
  
• • Battery Park Underpass Marker
  • Dedicated 1951
  • Description: Description: Bronze plaque on exterior wall of tunnel entrance at Whitehall and South Streets.
  • Donor/Souce: New York City
  • Fabricator/Sculptor: U.S. Bronze Sign Company