Woodmen of the World - To the Memory of Its Galveston Members - Galveston, TX
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member WalksfarTX
N 29° 16.334 W 094° 49.498
15R E 322701 N 3239527
Located in Lakeview Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WM122MH
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/10/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn
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Smithsonian Art Inventory

"The statue depicts Joseph Cullen Root, founder of the Fraternal Order of the Woodmen of the World. It was installed by the Order of the Woodmen in honor of their members who were victims of the Galveston flood of 1900. Members' grave markers from 1906-1978 surround the sculpture.

General Joseph Cullen Root stands dressed in a vest and knee-length suit coat. His left arm is bent at the elbow with hand extended and his right hand holds the lapel of his jacket. The sculpture is mounted upon a tapered pink granite base flanked on each side by a tree trunk with sheared limb stumps. The base has a wider, stepped bottom. The sculpture is placed upon a concrete platform with steps at the front and rear.

(On bronze shield-shaped plaque on front of base, raised lettering:) WOODMEN OF THE WORLD/PERISHED MEMBERS./CHAS. J BROCKELMAN C. W. KOTHE/CHAS. A BUSCH R.P. LAMONT/ALEX CADDOU D.M. MALES/GEORGE CALVERT MEYER MIGEL/THOMAS CLARK J.F. ROLL/JOSEPH ELLO HENRY SCHAFER/JOHN ENGELKE RICHARD SCHMIDT/JOHN ENGLISH C.L.SHERWOOD/G.H. FALKENHAGEN T.P. SHERWOOD/J.G. FRANK S.W.TENBUSH/AUGUST E. CLARK J.H. WILLIAMS/WOODMEN CIRCLE/AUGUSTA FAULKENHAGEN/FANNIE JOHNSON"

TITLE: Woodmen of the World - To the Memory of Its Galveston Members

ARTIST(S): Pompeo Coppini

DATE: 1904-1905

MEDIUM: Bronze and Granite

CONTROL NUMBER: IAS TX001088

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PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Lakeview Cemetery / 3015 57th Street / Galveston, Texas 77551

DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
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