[4] Measurements given above have been taken from: Baldwin Report (1825)—Loammi Baldwin; Plans and Sections of the Obelisk on Bunker’s Hill (1843)—Solomon Willard; History of the Battle of Bunker’s (Breed’s) Hill (1875)—George E. Ellis.
Data from old records do not always check modern measurements. For example, a modern reference gives the height of the monument as 221 feet.
Bunker Hill Monument under construction in 1837
Reproduced from a hitherto unpublished drawing in the Boston Athenæum
Bunker Hill Monument as proposed
Reproduced from an 1834 certificate of membership of the Bunker Hill Monument Association in the Boston Athenæum
Section of Bunker Hill Monument