Greek Temple Monument

   

Intersection of South Albany and Ventnor Avenues
Atlantic City
NJ USA
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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

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