Gov. Samuel J. Tilden Monument | |
Nearest City: | New Lebanon, New York |
Coordinates: | 42.475°N -73.3858°W |
Built: | 1895-1896 |
Architect: | Ernest Flagg Carl Conrads, sculptor |
Architecture: | Classical Revival |
Added: | July 14, 2006 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 06000573 |
Gov. Samuel J. Tilden Monument is a historic funeral monument located in Cemetery of the Evergreens at New Lebanon in Columbia County, New York. It was designed by architect Ernest Flagg (1856-1947) and built in 1895–1896. It contains the remains of New York State Governor Samuel J. Tilden (1814-1886). It consists of a nine and one half ton cut granite sarcophagus on a raised platform of four cut granite steps. The crypt entrance is marked by a cast-bronze gate that provides access to three brick arched crypts.[1]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.