Located Main, Walker, Old Stockbridge Road & West Street Lenox Massachusetts
Date:
Dedicated May 1892
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
Image on file.
(On front:) EGLESTON (On back:) PATERSON (On east side:) IN MEMORY OF MAJOR GENERAL JOHN PATERSON,BORN 1744, DIED 1808, AND ELIZABETH LEE, HIS WIFE, BORN 1749, DIED 1841 (On west side:) IN MEMORY OF MAJOR AZARIAH EGLESTON, BORN 1777, DIED 1822, AND HANNA PATERSON HIS WIFE, BORN 1759, DIED 1803 (On base:) ERECTED IN THE YEAR 1892 BY THOMAS EGLESTON signed
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Summary:
A tall, dark grey marble obelisk is adorned on the front and back with engravings of two crossed flags. At the foot of the obelisk is a marble block, the front and back of which are engraved with a relief depicting a pile of cannon balls, two crossed flags, and two crossed rifles with bayonets. The east and west sides of the block bear biographical inscriptions for the Eglestons and Patersons. Just below the marble block is a relief of two crossed swords.
