Vigilant Fire Company Firemen's Monument

	Vigilant Fire Company Firemen's Monument
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	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
Area	less than one acre
Built	1909
Built by	Scheirer, Frank A.
NRHP reference No.	04000838
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 statue 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]

Gallery

Tombs of firemen
Tomb of Harry J. Henritzy (1881-1941)
Tomb of Marcus Hessman (1861-1942)
Tomb of Theodore Hoffman (1873-1947)

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "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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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[arch-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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