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Governor Samuel J. Tilden Monument

New Lebanon, United States of America

Governor Samuel J. Tilden Monument

Gov. Samuel J. Tilden Monument is a historic funeral monument located in Cemetery of the Evergreens at New Lebanon in Columbia County, New York. It was designed by architect Ernest Flagg (1856–1947) and built in 1895–1896. It contains the remains of New York State Governor Samuel J. Tilden (1814–188

6). It consists of a nine and one half ton cut granite sarcophagus on a raised platform of four cut granite steps. The crypt entrance is marked by a cast-bronze gate that provides access to three brick arched crypts. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

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