Baker Square

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Baker Monument

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Dedicated:	September 13, 1977
Location:	Stuyvesant Place and Hyatt Street
Description:	Plinth and tablet
Architect:	Albert Melnicker
Materials:	Granite and bronze
Donor:	Richmond County Bar Assn.

Inscription

EDWARD G. BAKER / LAWYER --- JURIST / BOROUGH PRESIDENT / THIS PARK IS DEDICATED AS A / TRIBUTE TO HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS / ERECTED 1977 / BY HIS FRIENDS AND THE / RICHMOND COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION /

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