gwmain Sculptor: Charles Calverley Location: Intersection of Battle Avenue and Hemlock Avenue Saved in Time Estimate: $17,500 For cleaning and repointing of granite pedestal; cleaning and refinishing of bronze portrait bust; and related conservation work (details below). It was indeed Elias Howe, not Singer, who invented and patented the sewing machine in America! Though his innovation … Read more
Fabricator: The Monumental Bronze Co., Bridgeport, Connecticut Location: Soldiers’ Lot – Atlantic Avenue, between Meadow Avenue and Linden Avenue Saved in Time Estimate: $15,000 For conservation coating of the zinc statue and pedestal; resetting and restoration of the small marble marker; treatment of the medal medallion; and installation of protective stone curb and related work … Read more
Designer: Unknown Location: Cypress Avenue, between Vine Avenue and Grape Avenue (along Elder Path) Saved in Time Estimate: $12,500 For cleaning and repointing of marble monument; poulticing and stain removal; consolidation and conservation treatments (details below). James Bogardus was the pioneering American inventor who developed the design and manufacture of modular cast iron building systems. … Read more
Occurred December 5, 1876 Designer: Unknown Location: Corner of Battle Avenue, Bay View Avenue and Bay Side Avenue Saved in Time Estimate: $12,500 For cleaning and conservation of existing granite monument (details below). Saved in Time Estimate: $100,000 For re-creating a permanent enclosure of the plot (details below). This monument marks the common grave of … Read more
Occurred September 27, 1854 Designer and Sculptor: John M. Moffitt Location: Hillock Avenue within Serpentine Path Knoll Saved in Time Estimate: $ 125,000. For marble cleaning and repointing, conservation and consolidation; replication and recarving of missing and eroded details; restoration of several markers within the plot (details below). The Brown Family Plot is an impressive … Read more
Designer: Charlotte Canda Carvers: John Frazee and Robert Launitz Location: Greenbough Avenue and Fern Avenue Saved in Time Estimate: $ 150,000 For conservation of marble statuary, including three objects: Charlotte Canda, Angel praying, Angel embracing; Canda Memorial, architectural restoration; Canda Stele, conservation and re-inscription; and Jarrett de la Marie Memorial, conservation and re-inscription (details below). … Read more
Designer: Unknown Location: Border Avenue between Dale Avenue and Sassafras Avenue Saved in Time Estimate: $8,000 For cleaning and repair of granite markers; replication of missing urn; and fabrication and installation of interpretive plaque (details below). Doctor Susan (Smith) McKinney-Steward was the first African-American woman physician in New York State and third in the United … Read more
Designer: Robert Launitz, sc. Location: Lake Avenue and Sylvan Avenue, near Sylvan Water Saved in Time: 2005 Do-Hum-Me was the eighteen-year-old daughter of Nan-Nouce-Push-Ee-Toe, a chief of the Sac and Fox Nation* who traveled east in 1843 from their native lands in Iowa to participate in treaty negotiations with the federal government. The occasion resulted in her meeting … Read more
Erected in 1869 Restoration of Granite Pedestal, Plaques and Trophies Designer: Uncertain Location: “The Plateau,” Battle Avenue and Border Avenue Saved in Time: 2003 This impressive monument, dedicated by the City of New York to ITS HEROIC DEAD, and to the 148,000 soldiers enlisted for service in the Civil War, stands on “The Plateau,” or … Read more
Sculptor: Lebretham Founder: L. S. Jacquin Location: Battle Avenue between Bay View Avenue and Bayview Path Saved in Time: 2005 While theater in New York City dates back to the Colonial Period, it was not until 1866 that the Black Crook was staged at Niblo’s Garden (William Niblo is also buried at Green-Wood), Broadway and … Read more