William Worth's remains were reinterred in a 51-foot granite monument on Worth Square on a traffic island between Fifth Avenue and Broadway at 25th Street in New York City's borough of Manhattan. It is the second oldest monument in New York City (the oldest is Cleopatra's Needle).
It was designed and built by James G. Batterson in 1857.
The monument's decorative bands are inscribed with the names of Worth's battles and attached to the front of it is a bronze equestrian relief of Worth. The top of each spike of the cast iron fence surrounding the monument is topped with a plumed helmet he is wearing on the memorial plaque. The main part of each spike is modeled after Worth's Congressional sword.
The American artist Thomas Hart Benton depicted the monument in his "New York: Early Twenties" painting Worth Street (Manhattan) at the southern end of Little Italy, is named in his honor.
Quite an Important Early American Hero You Probably Have Never Heard Of Before. --Brock-Perry
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