Vigilant Fire Company Firemen's Monument

Vigilant Fire Company Firemen's Monument

Vigilant Fire Company Firemen's Monument. June 2013.
Location Union Cemetery W side of PA 873, approx. 1/3 mil S of Slatington, Washington Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°44′23″N 75°36′49″W / 40.73972°N 75.61361°W / 40.73972; -75.61361Coordinates: 40°44′23″N 75°36′49″W / 40.73972°N 75.61361°W / 40.73972; -75.61361
Area less than one acre
Built 1909
Built by Scheirer, Frank A.
NRHP Reference # 04000838[1]
Added to NRHP August 11, 2004

Vigilant Fire Company Firemen's Monument is a historic monument located at Washington Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It was erected in 1909, and is a 16 foot high granite monument on a concrete base. It incorporates a 7 foot tall statute of an early 20th-century fireman with a handlebar mustache, pointed fire hat, fire coat and boots, and holding a young girl in both arms. The plot includes three burials.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Robert Stettner (April 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Vigilant Fire Company Firemen's Monument" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-05.
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