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Jerome Park Resevoir and Sedgwick Av bet. W

Bronx

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Acres: 3.02

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  • Description: Tablets on gateposts
  • Materials: Bronze, Somesound granite
  • Dedicated: May 6, 1916
  • Foundry: Paul E. Cabaret Co.
  • Donor: Daughters of American Revolution

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