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Barrett Triangle
Hyatt St., Bay St., Stuyvesant Pl. And Richmond Ter.
Staten Island
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Acres: 0.16
Major Clarence T. Barrett Memorial 
Read a history from Parks’ Historical Signs Project. This text can be found posted within the park.
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- Sculptor: Sherry Edmundson Fry
- Description: Standing figure with shield and spear (heroic scale) on integral plinth on broad, bilevel pedestal with bas-relief of two martial scenes separated by classical mask on lower level; large oval basin in front, and small drinking fountain in rear
- Materials: Figure--bronze; Pedestal and basin--pink Tennessee marble
- Cast: 1915
- Dedicated: November 11, 1915
- Foundry: Roman Bronze Works, New York
- Donor: Julia Olivia Hardin, trustee for Anna E. Hutchins Barrett
- Inscription: 1) Integral plinth, rim front left: S.E. FRY 1915 / 2) Integral plinth, rear: ROMAN BRONZE WORKS, N.Y. / 3) Pedestal, upper level front: MEMORIAL TO MAJOR / CLARENCE T BARRETT / 4) Pedestal, lower level rear: ERECTED IN LOVING MEMORY OF / 1840--MAJOR CLARENCE T. BARRETT--1906 / A FAITHFUL ACTIVE CITIZEN OF / RICHMOND BOROUGH, / WHO SERVED WITH DISTINCTION / THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR. / A DESCENDANT OF / COLONEL JAMES BARRETT, / COMMANDER AT BATTLE OF CONCORD, / APRIL 1775. / LOYAL, HONEST, BRAVE AND TRUE / 5) Pedestal, side: PRESENTED BY / MRS. CLARENCE T. BARRETT /
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