Documenting the American South

Monument Name

World War Two Memorial, Lowell

Type

War Memorial

Subjects

World War II

City

Lowell

County

Gaston

Description

The memorial is an upright rectangular granite slab with a shallow pyramid top on a single base. The total height is about eight feet. Incised above the inscription is large American Eagle with spread wings.

Images: Far-off view

Inscription

ERECTED 1950 / BY / THE CITIZENS OF LOWELL / IN HONOR OF / THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO / SERVED IN WORLD WAR II

THOSE WHO PAID / THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / [Left column] ROBERT Q. FORD, JR. / RUBEN W. RECTOR / JAMES T. BROOME / BROADUS M. CALDWELL / EUGENE F. STROUPE / EARL FYRE /

[Right column] ROBERT F. HAND / CHARLES W. NIPPER / LOWRY REED WILSON, JR. / S. OTTO RECTOR / CLYDE E. PEELER / HANSIL DELLINGER

Custodian

City of Lowell

Dedication Date

June 1950

Decade

1950s

Geographic Coordinates

35.266740 , -81.101390 View in Geobrowse

Supporting Sources

Jenkins, Alice. “War Memorial Is Dedicated,” The Gastonia Gazette (Gastonia, NC), June 10, 1950

Public Site

Yes

Materials & Techniques

Granite

Sponsors

Citizens of Lowell

Location

Lowell City Hall is located at the corner of S. Main Street and W. 1 st Street. The monument is to the right of City Hall on W. 1st Street, a few feet off the side walk in front of a parking lot.

Landscape

The memorial stands on the parking lot lawn, under shady trees.