Statue of Christopher Columbus - Tower Grove Park - St, Louis, MO
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N 38° 36.307 W 090° 14.583
15S E 740071 N 4276562
Funded by Henry Shaw. Cost: $5,000 plus $1,500 for reliefs. Gift to the city in the park he also gifted.
Waymark Code: WM1294K
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 04/03/2020
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County of statue: St. Louis Independent City
Location of statue: Grand Ave. (East Entrance), Tower Grove Park Sr. Louis
Artist: Ferdinand von Miller, 1842-1929, sculptor
Architect: George Ingham Barnett, 1815-1898
Fonder:
Royal Foundry
Contractor: Syenite Granite Company, St. Louis
Text or card:
(front - printed):
COLUMBUS STATE, TOWER GROVE PARK, ST LOUIS
(front - written):
10/1/06
The Man made famous by ArLouis
THE CITY OF AMERICA!!!!
(back - printed):
This side for Address Only
Published by the St. Louis KNC Company, St. Louis, Mo., [unreadable]
(back-written):
Miss Fidelia Beeson
2711 N. Robey St.,
Chicago, Ill.
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