Vigilant Fire Company Firemen's Monument

Vigilant Fire Company Firemen's Monument
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Vigilant Fire Company Firemen's Monument. June 2013.
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Location	Union Cemetery W side of PA 873, approx. 1/3 mil S of Slatington, Washington Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°44′23″N 75°36′49″W / 40.73972°N 75.61361°W / 40.73972; -75.61361Coordinates: 40°44′23″N 75°36′49″W / 40.73972°N 75.61361°W / 40.73972; -75.61361
Area	less than one acre
Built	1909
Built by	Scheirer, Frank A.
NRHP Reference #	04000838
Added to NRHP	August 11, 2004

Vigilant Fire Company Firemen's Monument is a historic monument located at Washington Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It was erected in 1909, and is a 16-foot-high granite monument on a concrete base. It incorporates a 7-foot-tall statue of an early 20th-century fireman with a handlebar mustache, pointed fire hat, fire coat and boots, and holding a young girl in both arms. The plot includes three burials.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

Tombs of firemen

Tomb of Harry J. Henritzy (1881-1941)

Tomb of Marcus Hessman (1861-1942)

Tomb of Theodore Hoffman (1873-1947)