page_title: Firemen's Monument (Hoboken, New Jersey)
section_title: Monument
hierarchical_section_title: Firemen's Monument (Hoboken, New Jersey) / Monument
caption_attribution_description: English: Used in article w:Firemen's Monument
context_page_description: The Firemen's Monument is a 28 ft 0 in tall monument in Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, that was designed by American sculptor Caspar Buberl and completed in 1891. The monument was built to commemorate the Volunteer Fire Department in Church Square Park on May 30, 1891.
context_section_description: Standing in the west end of Church Square Park at Garden Street and 5th Street, the Firemen's Monument sits atop a 20-foot granite pedestal that features emblems of a ladder, pike poles and a fire hose on its face. The statue itself is approximately 8 feet tall and features a mustached firemen in uniform, holding a small child in nightdress in his left arm and a lantern in his right hand. Similar statues have been noted as being modeled after statues of the Virgin Mary cradling the baby Jesus. The monument reads:
  Erected by the citizens of Hoboken, N.J. in honor of the volunteer fire dept. May 30th 1891.
caption: Inscription with memorial flowers
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