The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument stands in Riverside Park at 89th Street and Riverside Drive on Manhattan's Upper West Side. It honors the soldiers and sailors who saved the Union. The New York State legislature created a board of commissioners for it in 1893. It was dedicated on Memorial Day 1902 with Theodore Roosevelt officiating.
Charles and Arthur Stoughton won the design competition with a "Temple of Fame." Paul E. M. DuBoy worked on the design and carved the ornament. The article calls it Greek Revival-inspired and modeled on the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens. It stands about 98 feet (30 meters) tall, with twelve Corinthian columns, and cost $300,000.
The exterior is white marble with granite from Vermont, and the bronze-doored interior has a mosaic floor. The interior is kept locked and opens one day a year through Open House New York. A 2017 inspection found the retaining wall failing.
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