Court House Avenue - War Memorial

 1920 photo of War Memorial 1920 War memorial View of war Memorial and Broad Street looking north to the courthouse.

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Municipal AddressCourt House Avenue 

Legal Description:  Lot 17, Block 31

Designation By-Law: By-Law #164-79

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Sculptor:  Nicholas Pirotton  Figure was cast by the Allis Chalmers Co. of Toronto.  The Memorial was built and erected by McIntosh Granite Co. of Toronto.

Designated for both historical and architectural reasons.

The monument was erected in 1924 in memory of those citizens of Brockville who died in the First World War. The granite base and shaft supports a bronze figure of a Canadian Infantryman in battle clothing grasping a rifle with fixed bayonet in his extended left arm while in the act of throwing a grenade with his right hand. The monument occupies a central position at the main crossroads of the City.
 

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