Title
General William Jenkins Worth
Primary Artist Last
Batterson
Primary Artist First
James
Primary Artist Middle
Goodwin
Secondary Artist Last
NULL
Secondary Artist First
NULL
Secondary Artist Middle
NULL
Primary Architect Last
NULL
Primary Architect First
NULL
Primary Architect Middle
NULL
Secondary Architect Last
NULL
Secondary Architect First
NULL
Secondary Architect Middle
NULL
Landscape Architect Last
NULL
Landscape Architect First
NULL
Landscape Architect Middle
NULL
Date Created Approximation
Y
Date Dedicated Approximation
N
Artwork Type2
Monument/Memorial
Material
Granite, bronze, cast iron
Location Name
Worth Square
Address
Broadway and 24th Street
Subject Keyword
Military, Equestrian, Mexican-American War, War
Inscription
South side: MAJ. GEN. WORTH West side: BY THE CORPORATION / OF THE / CITY OF NEW YORK / 1857. / HONOR THE BRAVE North side: UNDER THIS MONUMENT / LIES THE BODY OF / WILLIAM JENKINS WORTH / BORN IN HUDSON N.Y. / MARCH 1, 1794 / DIED IN TEXAS / MAY 7, 1849 East side: DUCIT AMOR PATRIAE Pavement Inscription: MAJOR GENERAL / WILLIAM JENKINS WORTH / 1794 - 1849 / WILLIAM J. WORTH, BORN IN HUDSON, N.Y. / BEGAN HIS MILITARY CAREER IN THE WAR OF 1812, / AND FROM 1820-1828 WAS COMMANDANT OF CADETS AT WEST POINT. / IN THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR, HE DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF / IN BATTLES INSCRIBED ON THIS MONUMENT. / BREVETTED A MAJOR GENERAL IN 1846, WE WAS AWARDED A / CONGRESSIONAL SWORD OF HONOR IN 1847. / WORTH WAS ARMY COMMANDER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS, / WHEN CHOLERA TOOK HIS LIFE IN 1849. / NAMED IN HIS HONOR ARE FORT WORTH, TEXAS; / LAKE WORTH, FLORIDA; AND WORTH STREET IN LOWER MANHATTAN. // DEDICATED 1857 / JAMES GOODWIN BATTERSON, ARCHITECT / MONUMENT AND TOMB ARE QUINCY GRANITE AND BRONZE / CAST-IRON FENCE REPLICATES THE CONGRESSIONAL SWORD // RESTORATION IN 1995 MADE POSSIBLE BY / THE PAUL AND KLARA PORZELT FOUNDATION AND/ JAMES A. WOODRUFF, JR., COMMANDER USN (RET.), / GREAT-GREAT-GRANDSON OF MAJOR GENERAL WORTH, / AND OTHER PRIVATE DONATIONS / THROUGH THE ADOPT-A-MONUMENT PROGRAM SPONSORED BY / THE MUNICIPAL ART SOCIETY, / ART COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, / CITY OF NEW YORK / PARKS & RECREATION. / PERPETUAL MAINTENANCE ENDOWMENT FUNDED BY / JAMES A. WOODRUFF, JR., COMMANDER, USN (RET.)
Managing City Agency
Department of Parks and Recreation
Acquisition
Gift of Corporation of the City of New York