Administered by City of Butler 140 West North Street Butler Pennsylvania 16001
Located South Main Street, between East & West Diamond Streets Butler Pennsylvania
Date:
Dedicated July 4, 1894. Rededicated May 30, 1980. Rededicated May 30, 1984. Rededicated May 31, 1993
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA0282, 1989.
Monumental News, May 1894, pg. 249.
Summary:
Full-length figure of a uniformed Civil War soldier stands atop a tall shaft. The figure wears a long caped coat and cap. His proper left hand is on his hip and he holds the muzzle of his rifle in his proper right hand with the rifle's butt at his proper right foot. The three-course shaft is rough-hewn with a castle-like cap. The pedestal has a castle-like cap and turreted, smooth and rough-hewn corners. There are reliefs on each side; crossed rifles on the front, crossed swords on the left, crossed cannons on the right and an anchor and rope on the rear. There are shield-shaped plaques on each side of the base which commemorate subsequent wars through 1993.
