Administered by City of Boston Office of Cultural Affairs Boston City Hall, Room 716 Boston Massachusetts 02201
Located Commonwealth Avenue Mall Dartmouth Street & Commonwealth Avenue Boston Massachusetts
Date:
1997. Dedicated June 17, 1998
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1998.
Summary:
This memorial to the nine firefighters who died in the 1972 Hotel Vendome fire consists of a low, curved black granite wall inscribed with text that details the sequence of events leading up to the fatal moments of the fire. Quotations from firefighters and the names and dates of the nine firefighters who died in the fire are also inscribed on the black granite wall. At one end of the wall, a bronze sculpture of a firefighter's jacket and helmet lies along the top of the wall. The memorial is installed on a flat oval-shaped plaza paved with cobblestones.
