Soldiers' Memorial Tower
Soldiers' Memorial Tower is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 174 m. Burks Hill stands 430 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Megan Dix Memorial Garden, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 9.8 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Soldiers' Memorial Tower is a historic war memorial located at Brockport in Monroe County, New York. It was built in 1894 and is a commemorative monument to memorialize the town of Sweden's Civil War dead and marked the location of a small plot of land set aside for the free interment of local veterans. At one point, the grounds held the remains of more than twenty individuals, though precise records were not kept; all but a few have since been moved to other locations. The round tower originally stood 52 feet (16 m) tall—though about a quarter of that height has been lost to erosion and damage over time—and is a Medina sandstone structure in the Late Gothic Revival style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994, by which time it was already in significant disrepair. (listing #94000332 - 8 Apr 1994) The listing has been the only lasting result of the effort—begun around 1960—to restore the monument, though the event did not serve as the catalyst that supporters had hoped. Soon after in 1995, the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) department at nearby SUNY Brockport began an educational/community service program to raise awareness of the Tower among ROTC students. Led by (then) Captain John McClellan, students received one additional credit hour when enrolled in the basic military science curriculum by participating in several hours of community service related to the Tower. The objective of the program was to research the names on the Tower, highlight their service records in the 140th New York Infantry Regiment in the American Civil War, and to hopefully connect with living descendants of these individuals as an eventual fundraising strategy. As these students already studied the Battle of Gettysburg as part of their leadership and military history curriculum, the text "Sons of Old Monroe - A Regimental History of Patrick O'Rorke's140th New York Volunteer Infantry" by Brian Bennett, was used in this program. The program was discontinued sometime after 1997. Fundraising to help restore, or at least stabilize, the structure continued to be extremely weak. In December 2012, the trustees of the Brockport Rural Cemetery Association reached an agreement to transfer the monument and its 17 surrounding acres to the Town of Sweden, which intends to build a firehouse on the site. The Town intends to invest funds to stabilize the structure and make it safer, but it does not have the funds for a full restoration.
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How to reach it
- 9.8 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Owen's Point · 18 mi
- Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Megan Dix Memorial Garden: 0.3 mi
- Lemuel Cook: 7.6 mi
- Civil War Veterans Memorial: 9.2 mi
- Greece Dry Dock: 10.8 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 12.1 mi
- Remembrance Park: 0.9 mi
- South Avenue Park: 1.0 mi
- Sagawa Park: 1.1 mi
- Monika Andrews Children's Park: 1.3 mi
- Corbett Park: 1.5 mi
- Hippo Statute: 11.6 mi
- Holy Family Shrine: 14.5 mi
- Cloaked Intentions: 14.7 mi
- Unity: 14.8 mi
- Infinity Sculpture: 14.9 mi
- Hamlin Beach State Park and Campground Entrance: 10.5 mi
- Chili Historical Society: 12.0 mi
- Seat of Forgetting and Remembering: 14.7 mi
- Shop One: 14.8 mi
- Bald Eagle: 14.8 mi
- Pine Hill: 4.3 mi
- Woodchuck Hill: 7.6 mi
- Torpy Hill: 8.2 mi
- Lidke Hill: 8.6 mi
- Harris Hill: 9.9 mi
- Emily L. Knapp Museum: 1.0 mi
- Morgan-Manning House: 1.1 mi
- Ogden Historical Society & Colby-Pulver House: 3.7 mi
- Spencerport Depot and Canal Museum: 6.1 mi
- Greece Historical Society: 11.7 mi
- Salmon Creek Nature Preserve: 9.7 mi
- Sandy Creek Wetlands: 9.9 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Nature Center: 10.4 mi
- Braddock Bay Wildlife Management Area: 11.0 mi
- Paul Road Nature Center: 12.1 mi
- Bergen Community Garden: 8.4 mi
- Sunflowers: 9.3 mi
- Peace Maker Community Garden: 14.2 mi
- Maplewood Rose Garden: 14.6 mi
- RIT Community Garden: 15.1 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 14.3 mi
- Lower Falls: 14.8 mi
- Middle Falls: 14.8 mi
- Turning Point Falls: 15.0 mi
- Norton’s Falls: 15.1 mi
- Hamlin Beach: 11.1 mi
- Ontario Beach: 16.0 mi
- Windsor Beach: 16.5 mi
- Keeper's House: 15.8 mi
- Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse: 15.8 mi
- Brighton Cliff: 16.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Soldiers' Memorial Tower. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burks Hill | SSW 201° | 430 m | 24.4 mi |
| Scarff Hill | SSW 202° | 424 m | 24.1 mi |
| Hurst Hill | SSW 198° | 412 m | 24.9 mi |
| Skunk Hill | SSW 198° | 362 m | 23.3 mi |
| Burleigh Hill | SSW 196° | 343 m | 22.8 mi |
| Temperance Hill | SSW 213° | 296 m | 18.1 mi |
| Sinclair Hill | S 173° | 245 m | 18.5 mi |
| Pinnacle Hill | S 183° | 233 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:46 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:12 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 15:53 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 63 | 51 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brockport, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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