Worth Monument, Manhattan, New York City

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Worth Monument in Manhattan, New York City is a 19th-century granite obelisk and burial site honoring U.S. Army Major General William Jenkins Worth, located at the intersection of Broadway and Fifth Avenue near Madison Square Park.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf burial site
monument
obelisk
adjacentTo Broadway
Fifth Avenue
architecturalStyle obelisk
burialPlaceOf William Jenkins Worth
category Burials in Manhattan
Monuments and memorials in Manhattan
Obelisks in the United States
Outdoor sculptures in Manhattan
coordinateLocation 40.744°N 73.989°W
country United States
elevationAboveSeaLevel low urban elevation
hasNameInEnglish Worth Monument
hasPart base
granite obelisk
inscriptions
hasSubject Mexican–American War service of William Jenkins Worth
U.S. Army history
hasType funerary monument
military monument
heritageDesignation New York City Landmark
honours William Jenkins Worth
inception 19th century
locatedAtIntersectionOf Broadway
Fifth Avenue
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Borough of Manhattan
New York County
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
location Manhattan
New York City
maintainedBy New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
material granite
monumentTo William Jenkins Worth
namedAfter William Jenkins Worth
near Flatiron District
Madison Square Park
NoMad neighborhood
linked to: SoHo
owner City of New York
linked to: New York City
publicAccess yes
significantEvent erection of monument to William Jenkins Worth
surroundedBy traffic island
use grave
military memorial

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William Jenkins Worth hasMonument Worth Monument, Manhattan, New York City
William J. Worth hasMonument Worth Monument in Manhattan, New York City
subject linked to: Major General William J. Worth
linked to: Worth Monument, Manhattan, New York City