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United States historic place
The
William Henry Seward Memorial
is located along Main Street (
NY 17A
/
94
) in downtown
Florida
, New York. It commemorates the life of
Seward
, a Florida native whose career in public service culminated with his tenure as
Secretary of State
under
Abraham Lincoln
, in which capacity he negotiated the purchase of
Alaska
from
Russia
.
It consists of a
bronze
bust
of Seward by
Daniel Chester French
, who also sculpted
Lincoln
seated at the
Lincoln Memorial
in Washington, set in the middle of a small circular
plaza
with benches designed by
Richard Henry Dana III
. Just behind it is
S. S. Seward Institute
, the local
secondary school
, named after Seward's father. It was unveiled September 24, 1930, and restored in 2000 after being added to the
National Register of Historic Places
the year before.
In 2007 the memorial was
vandalized
. Seward's bust was shifted and one of the benches cracked.
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