Memorial to Theodore Roosevelt - Glen View Club, Golf, IL
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adgorn
N 42° 03.609 W 087° 46.835
16T E 435414 N 4656749
Four boys stand together with a pug dog. The boys appear to be wearing boy scout uniforms -- knickers, boots and a hat.
Waymark Code: WM90W6
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 06/10/2010
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From the Smithsonian Arts Inventory at website below:
Sculpture: approx. 5 x 5 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 4 x 6 x 4 ft.; Fountain: approx H. 5 ft.; Diam. 3 ft.
Inscription: (On proper left, integral base:) O'CONNOR (On proper left front edge of integral base:) RUDER (On front of base:) YOUTH LIFE LIBERTY/THE GIFT OF A CHERISHED MEMEBER/EDWIN STANTON JACKMAN/APRIL 11, 1865-MAY 30, 1927 signed Founder's mark appears.
Commissioned by Edwin S. Jackman, a Glen View Club member at the time of Roosevelt's death in 1919. The models for the four boys were the sculptor's sons, from left to right: Patrick, Owen, Hector, and Roderick, and their pug dog.
ARTIST(S): O'Connor, Andrew, Jr., 1874-1941, sculptor. Ruder, founder.
From Bach & Gray "
"Rather than memorialize Roosevelt with a formal portrait of him, the sculptor chose to also commemorate the Boy Scouts of America, an organization that Roosevelt had close ties to."
The book also contains add'n biographical info on the sculptor, whose best known work in Illinois is a portrait of Lincoln giving his farewell address to the people of Springfield in the state's capitol.
The piece is aka "The Boy Scout Fountain." The area in front of the statue is now a seating area enclosed in a circular ring, which must have been a fountain at one time. In fact I just noticed that Google Maps still shows a fountain there, so this change must have been recent.
The sculpture is located in the members-only Glen View Club - see: (
visit link)
I was able to drive in and take my photos with no problem.