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NIAGARA SQUARE PLAQUE

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Artwork

Title

Artist

Date

Niagara Square Plaque

Unknown

1940

Medium

Medium	Category
Bronze Plaque Mounted on Marble Monument	Plaque

Measurements

Unit Measure	Object Height	Object Width	Object Depth	Object Diameter
Feet	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown


Unit Measure	Base Height	Base Width	Base Depth	Base Diameter
Feet	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

Description

Description
Inscription reads: "Joseph Ellicott, agent for the Holland Land Company, surveyed and laid out this square in 1803 - 1804. The square and streets radiating from it remain as originally planned for the Village of New Amsterdam. Erected by New York State Education Department and Buffalo Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1940."

Biographical Info.

Bio.
This plaque is mounted to the marble balustrade surrounding the McKinley Monument in Niagara Square.

Location History

Location	Purpose	Date Verified	Current Record
Niagara Square on McKinley Monument	Display	April 2004	Yes

Conservation/Preservation History

Treatment Performed by	Date Completed	Previous Object Condition	New Object Condition	Previous Base Condition	New Base Condition	Current Record
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Condition Survey History

Surveyed By	Purpose	Date Completed	Object Condition	Base Condition	Current Record
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A