General Sherman Monument, Manhattan

General Sherman Monument at the northern section of The Plaza (later Grand Army Plaza) in Manhattan. The Monument was unveiled on May 30, 1903. During the construction of the new design of The Plaza, in 1915 -1916, the Sherman Monument was moved sixteen feet west to align with the Pulitzer Fountain.

Photograph taken from the windows of Hotel Netherland, about 1913, based on numbers of the publisher Detroit Publishing Co. Source: Library of Congress.