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Spanish American War Monument to the 71st Infantry Regiment is a historic
war memorial A war memorial is a building, monument, statue, or other edifice to celebrate a war or victory, or (predominating in modern times) to commemorate those who died or were injured in a war. Symbolism Historical usage It has ...
located in Mount Hope Cemetery at Greenburgh,
Westchester County, New York Westchester County is located in the U.S. state of New York. It is the seventh most populous county in the State of New York and the most populous north of New York City. According to the 2020 United States Census, the county had a population ...
. It was built in 1901 at the 71st Infantry Regiment burial plot, and is an 18 feet square and 18 feet high, Quincy
granite Granite () is a coarse-grained ( phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies under ...
structure in the Neoclassical style. It has granite steps, wrought and cast iron double entrance doors, and a square
cupola In architecture, a cupola () is a relatively small, most often dome-like, tall structure on top of a building. Often used to provide a lookout or to admit light and air, it usually crowns a larger roof or dome. The word derives, via Italian, fro ...
. A second set of steps was built in 1905. ''Note:'' This includes an
''Accompanying six photographs''
/ref> It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 2011.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Westchester County, New York __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Westchester County, New York, excluding the cities of New Rochelle and Yonkers, which have separate lists of their own. This is intended to be a complete ...


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Mount Hope Cemetery website
Monuments and memorials on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Buildings and structures completed in 1901 Neoclassical architecture in New York (state) Buildings and structures in Westchester County, New York Spanish–American War memorials in the United States Greenburgh, New York National Register of Historic Places in Westchester County, New York 1901 establishments in New York (state) {{WestchesterCountyNY-NRHP-stub