[2] After his death, he bequeathed a sizable endowment on the City of Boston named The George Robert White Fund.

The net income of the fund is to be used only for creating public beauty and utility for the inhabitants of the city, and cannot be used for any of the normally provided services of the municipality.

He suggested allowing the income of the fund to build periodically in order that the projects undertaken could be substantial and not trivial.

In 1905 a memorial was erected at the Forest Hills Cemetery entitled Angel of Peace created by the notable sculptor Daniel Chester French (creator of the Concord Minuteman statue in Concord, MA).

In 1924 another monument by French was erected in the Boston Public Garden entitled Angel of the Waters.