Soldiers’ Monument
The Soldiers' Monument is a war memorial located at the head of Main Hill on the west end of downtown Bridgton, Maine. The memorial stands 36 feet high and features a 13.5 foot tall bronze statue of a soldier on its pedestal.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Description: Civil War monument in the town of Bridgton, Maine
- Also known as: “Civil War Monument”, “Soldiers‘ Monument”, and “Soldiers‘ Monument (Bridgton, Maine)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dalton Holmes Davis Memorial Library and Magic Lantern.
Dalton Holmes Davis Memorial Library
Library
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Bridgton Public Library, formerly the Dalton Holmes Davis Memorial Library, is the public library of Bridgton, Maine. It is located at 1 Church Street, in an architecturally distinguished Classical Revival building designed by Harry S. Dalton Holmes Davis Memorial Library is situated 1,300 feet east of Soldiers’ Monument.
Magic Lantern
Movie theater
The Magic Lantern is a movie theater in Bridgton, Maine, United States. It was demolished due to a sinkhole located on-site. The theater reopened at its new location on February 8, 2008. Magic Lantern is situated 1,600 feet east of Soldiers’ Monument.
Woods Pond
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Woods Pond is situated 2 miles southwest of Soldiers’ Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bridgton and Bridgton.
Bridgton
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Bridgton is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 5,418 at the 2020 census. A resort area in Maine's Lakes Region, Bridgton is home to Bridgton Academy, a private preparatory school, and the Four on the Fourth Road Race.
Bridgton
Town
Bridgton is a census-designated place in the town of Bridgton in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The CDP comprises the villages of Bridgton and North Bridgton within the town.
North Bridgton
Neighborhood
North Bridgton is a village in the town of Bridgton in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. It is located just west of Long Lake, and just south of the town of Harrison. North Bridgton is situated 3 miles north of Soldiers’ Monument.
Soldiers’ Monument
- Categories: monument, war memorial, statue, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Town of Bridgton, Cumberland County, Lakes and Mountains, Maine, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.05363° or 44° 3′ 13″ northLongitude
-70.71446° or 70° 42′ 52″ westInception
July 21st, 1910Open location code
87PF373P+F6OpenStreetMap ID
node 11020887683OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statueWikidata ID
Q137824012
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