Memorial to WWII Dead -- 11th Street at Colorado Street, Austin TX - World War II Memorials / Monuments on Waymarking.com

This war memorial stands in a small concrete island on 11th Street west of the State Capitol and Governor's Mansion in Austin. The memorial was erected by the Austin Chapter of Gold Star Mothers, an organization of mothers who lost a child in the war.

The memorial consists of a bronze statue of a soldier standing on a ridge, overlooking a distant land. He has his rifle slung over his right shoulder. Next to him, a grey granite block with a bronze panel lists the names of Austin's WWII dead. A small fountain was off the day we visited.

From the City of Austin public art archive website: (visit link)

Memorial to the World War ll Dead
Austin, Texas
L.W. Stolz (http://www.lwstolzmemorialsinc.com/)

11th & Colorado St. traffic island, 1100 Colorado St., Austin, Texas, 78701

Owner: City of Austin Cultural Heritage Collection

Date: 1949

Placement: memorials

Collection: Art in Public Places, City of Austin, TX

Artwork Type: bronzes (sculptures)

Material: bronze (metal), granite (rock)

Description: This fountain sculpture memorializes Austin
residents who perished in World War II. Bas-relief bronze plaques on the plinth list the names of the dead and the sponsor of the memorial--the Austin Chapter of the American Gold Star Mothers. The artist was a Texan whose grandfather emigrated from Germany in the 1870s and established Stolz Marble Works at La Grange and the Premier Granite Quarries Company in Llano."

Date of Dedication: 01/01/1949 Property Permission: Public Website for Waymark: [Web Link] Location of waymark: 11th street at Colorado Street Austin, TX Commemoration: Austin residents who died in WWII Access instructions: Not listed Access times: Not listed

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