Soldiers’ Monument

Dedicated on May 30, 1873, this twenty-two-and-a-half-foot tall obelisk of smoothly cut Concord granite sits prominently on the Hollis town common, honoring veterans of various US wars.

According to the 2001 Hollis Village Historic District National Register of Historic Places Registration Form by Lisa Mausolf, the Soldiers’ Monument was designed and built by architect Moses Davis of Nashua, New Hampshire. The monument, including the foundation and curbing, cost $2,120 in total. Nearly $800 was raised by subscription and the remainder paid for by the town.

The monument was erected seven years after the end of the Civil War and serves a dual purpose. One side honors the eighteen soldiers from Hollis who lost their lives in that conflict, and the other side honors the soldiers who served in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.

The inscription reads:
IN MEMORY
COL. SAM’L HOBART SURG’N JOHN HALE
AND 313 MEN. ALSO
IN HONOR OF HOLLIS SOLDIERS
WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES
IN THE WARS OF 1775 AND 1812.
JAMES FISKE JEREMIAH SHATTUCK
NATHAN BLOOD JACOB BOYNTON
THOMAS COLBURN ISAAC HOBERT
PHINEAS NEVENS PETER POOR
THOMAS WHEAT EBENEZER YOUNGMAN
CALEB EASTMAN, JOSIAH BLOOD
MINOT FARMER WILLIAM NEVINS
EZRA PROCTOR ISAAC SHATTUCK
SAMUEL LEEMAN JR EBENZER CUMINGS
LEBBUES WHEELER JOHN CONROY
DANIEL BLOOD FRANCIS G POWERS
[WILLIAM N. LOVEJOY ISAAC HARDY.]
[1812]