Sundial 268
- Dial City: Charlestown
- Dial State/Province: Massachusetts
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 42° 22.611' N
- Dial Nr: 268
- Dial Type: Horizontal Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 71° 3.409' W
- Dial Owner: Hayes Square
- Dial Designer: Lu Stubbs
- Dial Maker:
- Dial Date: 1987
- Location:
- Hayes Square, Bunker Hill & Moulton Sts.
- Description:
- A 10 foot diameter bronze and granite horizontal dial with bronze gnomon and Arabic hour numerals on a 2 foot high granite base. Craftspeople of Colonial days are pictured on the face of the sundial. Sculptures depict a grandpa holding a baby while looking at the dial from the east side and a child peeking from behind the 5 foot tall bronze gnomon. Each bronze hour numeral includes a scene sculpture.
- Inscription:
- Charlestown 1629
- Other References:
- IAPS Listing, May 95
- Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston, Marty Carlock, Harvard Common Press, 1988.
Last Update:
8/14/2011 17:13