Firemen's Monument (Hoboken, New Jersey)

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Coordinates: 40°44′32.2″N 74°1′58″W / 40.742278°N 74.03278°W / 40.742278; -74.03278
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Firemen’s Monument
MPS
Hoboken Firehouses and Firemen's Monument TR
NRHP reference No.86003454[1]
NJRHP No.1468[3]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 30, 1986
Designated NJRHPFebruary 9, 1984

The Firemen's Monument is a 28 ft 0 in (8.53 m) tall

Volunteer Fire Department
in Church Square Park on May 30, 1891.

History

The Firemen's Monument in 1905

Starting in the 19th century, statues of firemen who died in the line of duty were placed in municipal burial plots, which eventually led to placement of monuments in more accessible public places and often to commemorate various departments or events. The monument in Hoboken was built to commemorate the end of the

Volunteer firefighters in the city, as earlier that year, firefighting became a paid profession. The first statues were made using marble, but many, including the Firemen's monument in Hoboken, were sculpted using zinc and cast in bronze by Caspar Buberl and sold by J.W. Fiske.[4]

Monument

Inscription with memorial flowers

Standing in the west end of Church Square Park

baby Jesus.[6]
The monument reads:

Erected by the citizens of Hoboken, N.J. in honor of the volunteer fire dept. May 30th 1891.

Legacy

With Hobokens' rich history and multiple National Register of Historic Places sites, a tour is run yearly

September 11th attacks
which resulted in the lives of many firefighters being lost, appreciation of these zinc statues has been renewed.

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NJ/Hudson/state.html National Register of Historic Places - Hudson, NJ
  3. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Hudson County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. April 1, 2010. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2010. Retrieved August 3, 2010.
  4. ^ "Historic Monument - Firemen's Monument, Hoboken. Art and Architecture of NJ".
  5. ^ "Postcards of Hoboken Parks".
  6. ^ "Saving Firemen Made of Zinc".
  7. ^ "Tours through Time".
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