Mary E. Sheridan Park

Formerly called York Street Park, this park was renamed for longtime Lambertville City Clerk Mary E. Sheridan, who served from 1948 to 1982, and Mayor from 1983 to 1988. It was established in 1900 when the Civil War Monument, dedicated in 1870, was moved here from Mount Hope Cemetery. The marble obelisk bears the names of 55 local Union soldiers who lost their lives and the significant battles in which local men participated. An 8 inch cannon, converted from an 11 inch cannon during the early part of the war, saw action aboard the wooden first-class screw sloop USS Richmond in the battles of Vicksburg, Mobile, and New Orleans; its barrel is 14 feet long, and the gun and carriage weigh 24,800 pounds. A pyramid of mortar shells, fourteen 15 inch shells weighing 480 pounds each, was placed here in 1908, along with the gun and carriage. The two-story stone building, circa 1840, served as Lambertville's jail until 1966. A gazebo was constructed in the early 1970's, and local businessman Samuel C. Worman donated funds for the memorial fountain erected in 1917 just outside the park.

Lambertville, New Jersey · United States