Atlantic City : Greek Temple Monument (Structure)

Greek Temple Monument

Address : Intersection of South Albany and Ventnor Avenues
Town/Suburb/City : Atlantic City
State/County/Province : NJ
Country : USA

Web Site : "http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=6615 http://www.atlanticcityexperience.org/index.php?option=com_content&view;=category&id;=7:buildings-and-locations&layout;=blog&Itemid;=11 NRHP application: http

The temple, simple but graceful in lines, is a circular building,
124 feet in diameter, with walls and its 16 Doric columns of buff Indiana limestone. Open at the top, it has four entrances, facing, generally, the points of the compass. Its steps and paving between the columns are of light colored bluestone with rubbed finish. Within the walls the paving is of two colored slate, gray and black with planed finish.

There are inscriptions on the exterior frieze (names of battles) and interior frieze (dedication). Above the exterior frieze circling the memorial are shields representing four branches of the military (army, navy, marines, aviation) repeated in a pattern.

Neo-classical structure

Limestone

Yes