large obelisk
The tall obelisk that looks like the Washington Monument in the nation’s capital was placed on Jamestown Island by the United States government in 1907 for the 300th anniversary of the settlement. It cost $50,000, stands 104 feet tall (one foot for each of the first settlers), and is made of New Hampshire granite. The steps at the base were covered with dirt when the first visitor center was built in 1957, but now the platform provides many visitors a shaded resting spot on hot summer days.