Statue of Christopher Columbus - Tower Grove Park - St. Louis, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 36.307 W 090° 14.583
15S E 740071 N 4276562
one of four contributing statues in the park. 1st bronze statue of Columbus in the US and only one of Columbus with a beard.
Waymark Code: WMQB2R
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 01/26/2016
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County of statue: St. Louis Independent City
Location of statue: Grand Ave. (East Entrance), Tower Grove Park, St. Louis
Artist: Ferdinand von Miller, 1842-1929, sculptor
Architect: George Ingham Barnett, 1815-1898
Fonder:
Royal Foundry
Contractor: Syenite Granite Company, St. Louis
"Other sculptural decorations include the German wrought zinc figures of griffins and recumbent lions (the latter after Canova'-s lions) which guard the Grand Boulevard entrance; three over life-sized bronze statues (Columbus, von Humbolt, and Shakespeare) by Baron Ferdinand von Muller of Munich (a favorite Shaw artist), and an ornamental pool backed by "ruins" constructed out of rusticated and classically carved limestone fragments from the Lindell Hotel (St. Louis) which burned in l867. ~ NRHP Nomination Form
Monument text: (front base - west side):
The XIX
Centurÿ to
Christopher Columbus
1884.
(Rear Base - east side):
To the
Discoverer
of a
New World.
(North Base):
[relief plaque] LA SALLE at CAHOKIA - FEB. 12, 1682
(south base):
[relief plaque] COLUMBUS. OCT. 12, 1492
Proper Description: "Standing figure of a bearded Columbus with a cloth draped over his proper right shoulder. His proper right hand holds the cloth in front as his proper left leg comes forward. The base has two reliefs depicting LaSalle at Cahokia and Columbus at sea, and the base also incorporates benches." ~ Smithsonian American Art Museum
This web site presents the statue and its history very nicely. vanderkrogt.net
Map of Tower Grove Park