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 George Washington Memorial - Kansas City, MO Posted by:  YoSam.
N 39° 05.067 W 094° 34.921
15S E 363169 N 4327339
Statue has been moved from one end of the park to this end, because with the Crown Center more people enter the park over here.
Waymark Code: WMM0W7
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 06/29/2014
Views: 5
County of statue: Jackson County
Location of Statue: Grand Blvd. & Pershing Rd., Washington Square Park, Kansas City
Replica of New York Washington Statue.
Artist: Henry Merwin Shrady, (1871-1922), sculptor
Founder: Roman Bronze Works
Architect: William Wright
Dedicated: November 11, 1925; Rededicated: November 11, 1932; Relocated 1987
Formerly located Washington Square Park, Pershing Road at Main Street.
Text on Base: * * * * * * * * * * * * *
One Hundred and Nine
Thousand Citizens Gave
This Statue To Their City
Dedicated
Armistice Day, 1925
Rededicated
Armistice Day, 1932
The Two Hundredth
Anniversary Year of the
Birth of George Washington
Proper Description:
"Figure of George Washington astride his horse, in the winter cold of Valley Forge. Washington is heavily draped and wears a hat. He holds the reins of his horse in his proper left hand. The horse's head is lowered. The sculpture is installed atop a rectangular base with a thirty-one inch bench area running around the bottom." ~ Smithsonian American Art Museum
TITLE: George Washington Memorial
ARTIST(S): Henry Merwin Shrady
DATE: Dedicated Nov. 11, 1925. Rededicated Nov. 11, 1932. Relocated 1987
MEDIUM: Equestrian figure: bronze; Base: pink Minnesota granite
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 76000907
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Grand Blvd. & Pershing Rd.,
Washington Park, Kansas City, MO
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
None noticed but,
Monument was restored in 1989 and a plaque is on the rear base, the text can be read in the photo of the plaque in the gallery
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