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Stafford Hill Memorial
Stafford Hill Memorial is located in Massachusetts
Stafford Hill Memorial
LocationCheshire, Massachusetts
Built1927
ArchitectBowern,Eugene B.; Bond,Newton C.
Architectural styleNo Style Listed
NRHP reference No.86000260 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 14, 1986

The Stafford Hill Memorial is a stone memorial on Stafford Hill Road in Cheshire, Massachusetts. The memorial was built in 1927 to commemorate the grave site of Joab (als spelled Jorab) Stafford, who settled in what is now Cheshire in 1767. The stone structure was designed as a replica of a stone tower in Rhode Island, where Stafford came from.[2]

Joab Stafford, after settling in Cheshire, formed a militia company that fought in the Battle of Bennington in August 1777. Stafford later moved to Albany, New York but returned to Cheshire in 1800 and died there in 1802. In 1927, the local Sons of the American Revolution raised funds by subscription to construct a memorial to Stafford at his gravesite. The memorial tower was constructed of fieldstone in that year. The memorial incorporates Stafford's grave site, the tower, and a variety of commemorative plaques. In the years since, some of the plaques have been stolen, and others have been removed to Chesire Town Hall for safekeeping. The memorial and its surrounding land are owned and maintained by the town.[2]

The memorial was listed the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

  • Tomb Stone on Sarcophagus of Col. Jorab Stafford
    Tomb Stone on Sarcophagus of Col. Jorab Stafford
  • Limestone Plaque in Tower Wall
    Limestone Plaque in Tower Wall

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ a b "MACRIS inventory record for Stafford Hill Memorial". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-01.

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