Snover - Candor, NY - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

"Mr. Snover stands wearing a mustache and beard, dressed in a carpenter's apron. He holds a saw in his proper left hand and a plane in his proper right hand. The sculpture is set within a polished granite canopied structure with four Corinthian columns, topped by a three foot round finial. The base has a three-tiered, inscribed lower section. The monument is flanked by two pink, polished granite headstones and is enclosed by a square railing supported by pink stone posts."

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"The full size statue in the middle is of a man wearing an apron and holding a saw in one hand and a wood plane in the other. This was to commemorate his skills as a Cooper, Wagon Maker and Carpenter. "

TITLE: Snover ARTIST(S): Charles M. Haywood & Baldwin DATE: 1904 MEDIUM: Sculpture: Italian white marble; Base: granite CONTROL NUMBER: IAS NY000461 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Maple Grove Cemetery, Route 96B, Candor, NY DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: no differences noted, but more information on John Snover is provided by the Find a Grave link

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