Soldiers Monument

Boston Common
Boston, Mass.

Year Built: 1866

Plans were submitted in 1866 for a Soldiers' Monument to honor the Union’s Civil War veterans. The design was not selected. Copies of the design submission are not known to exist.


References

• "Proposed Soldier’s Monument in Commons," Boston Evening Transcript, September 10, 1866, Sturgis & Brigham noted.

• Letter from Charles Brigham to John Hubbard Sturgis, November 13, 1866, Sturgis Papers, Boston Athenaeum Library.

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