Smith Memorial Archs - Philadelphia, PA
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N 39° 58.646 W 075° 12.413
18S E 482334 N 4425272
Arches in a memorial
Waymark Code: WM50GN
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/21/2008
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From ("http://www.ushistory.org/districts/fairmountpark/smith.htm" target="_blank">visit link)
The Smith Civil War Memorial was erected between 1897 and 1912 under a bequest of Richard Smith. Among the military and naval men immortalized here are Generals Hancock, McClellan, Meade, Reynolds, and Admirals Porter and Dahlgren. Surprisingly enough a statue of Richard Smith himself, in his typefounder's apron, is placed high on the memorial among the military and naval great!
From the local art site:
Herbert Adams, George E. Bissell, Alexander Stirling Calder, Katherine M. Cohen, Moses Jacob Ezekiel, Daniel Chester French, Charles Grafly, Samuel Murray, Edward C. Potter, John Massey Rhind, Bessie O. Potter Vonnoh, John Quincy Adams Ward, James H. Windrim, 1897 - 1912
* Statues and busts of James A. Beaver, S.W. Crawford, Andrew Gregg Curtin, John A. B. Dahlgren, John B. Gest, Winfield Scott Hancock, John Hartranft, George B. McClellan, George Gordon Meade, David Dixon Porter, John Fulton Reynolds, Richard Smith and James H. Windrim
* big arches, standing people, seated people, heads, horses, eagles, globe, weapons
* Despite the name, the memorial is actually not an arch at all, though it does include two arches. Sculptures on the memorial include Herbert Adams' statue of Richard Smith, who funded the memorial, and Samuel Murray's bust of James H. Windrim, who was the artist and architect of the memorial itself. Detail pictures of the individual pieces are in alphabetical order by subject. There are no details of John Massey Rhind's eagles, or Daniel Chester French's statue of George Gordon Meade (on top of the left pole in the first picture). Dahlgren is listed elsewhere as "Dahlgreen."
* North Concourse Drive near Memorial Hall.
Type: Triumphal (Monument/Memorial)
Subtype: Memorial
Location: Fairmount Park
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