1876
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City Hall South Pavilion
Alexander Milne Calder,
1873 - 1893
* standing people,
sitting people,
heads,
birds,
dragons,
book and scrolls,
staff,
cats,
seal of Pennsylvania,
horses,
ship,
plow,
plants,
bison head,
squirrel,
headgear
* Part of the whole building's art.
City Hall.
Broad, North of Chestnut.
* On the City Hall tour.
* Exhibits: New
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Alexander Milne Calder page
+philadelphiabuildings.org's City Hall page
+wikipedia.org's City Hall page
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City Hall, East Pavilion
Alexander Milne Calder,
1873 - 1893
* beaver,
crane and owl,
butterfly,
plants,
elephant head,
dragon heads,
City Hall tower,
city seal,
ship,
plow and scales,
scrolls,
standing people,
reclining people,
heads,
headgear
* Part of the whole building's art.
East entrance City Hall.
Market at Juniper.
* On the City Hall tour.
* Exhibits: New
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Alexander Milne Calder page
+philadelphiabuildings.org's City Hall page
+wikipedia.org's City Hall page
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City Hall, North Pavilion
Alexander Milne Calder,
1873 - 1893
* people sitting,
people standing,
partial people,
groups of people,
horse head,
seal of the city,
ship,
plow,
cattle head,
bear head,
lion or tiger head,
elephant head
* This pavilion is the first of the four to be cleaned and lit. Standing in this one small portion of the building you can sense the incredible amount of work that went into the building's sculpture.
* Part of the whole building's art.
North entrance City Hall.
South side of JFK at Broad.
* On the City Hall tour.
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Alexander Milne Calder page
+philadelphiabuildings.org's City Hall page
+wikipedia.org's City Hall page
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Art, Science, Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, Mining, and Columbia
A.M.J. Mueller,
1876 (approximate)
* standing people,
sitting people,
groups of people,
anchor,
column,
globe,
books and tablet,
tools and machine parts,
symbols of peace and victory
* On the roof.
Memorial Hall.
North Concourse Drive.
* On the West Park tour.
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's entry for the building
+Max Buten's picture of this piece
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Catholic Total Abstinence Union Fountain
Herman Kirn,
1876
* Five statues and six carved portraits of John Barry,
Charles Carroll,
John Carroll,
Comte de Grasse,
Tadeusz Kosciuszko,
Marquis de Lafayette,
Theobald Matthew,
George Gordon Meade,
Moses,
Orono
and
Casimir Pulaski
* big
standing people,
heads,
tablet,
rocks
lion heads
* There is a blank portrait oval labeled Moylan on the West side.
* inscription:
John Barry
First Commodore of the United States Navy
Born in 1745 in Wexford Co. Ireland
Died September 13, 1803 at Philadelphia
During the Revolutionary War he distinguished himself greatly.
He filled the various commands entrusted to him with skill and
gallantry. When unable to fight on the ocean he obtained command
of a company of volunteers and fought against the enemy on land.
Among his exploits was the capture upon May 28, 1781 of two English
vessels, the Atalanta and Trespasa, after a hotly contested action
with his own ship the Alliance.
In January 1776 he commanded the brig Lexington, the first regular
cruiser that got to sea under the authority of the Continental Congress and
the vessel that first carried the American flag upon the ocean.
Charles Carroll
of Carrollton
Signer of the Declaration Independence
Born September 20, 1737 at Annapolis, Maryland
Died November 14, 1832 at Baltimore, Maryland
To obtain religious as well as civil liberty I
entered zealously into the revolution. God grant that
this religious liberty may be preserved in these
states to the end of time.
-Charles Carroll
"Your soldiers will be masters of the spot only on which they encamp.
They will find naught but enemies before and around them.
If we are beaten on the plains, we will retreat to our mountains.
and defy them."
"We have made up our minds to abide the issue of the approaching struggle
and though much blood may be spilt we have no doubt of our ultimate
success."
-Charles Carroll
Rev. John Carroll
A commissioner of the Continental Congress
Born Jan. 8, 1735 at Upper Marlboro, Md.
Died Dec. 3 1815 at Baltimore, Md
"The Archbishop's patriotism was as decided as his piety. He
loved Republicanism. He had joined with heart and judgement
in the Revolution and retained without abatement of confidence or
favor the cardinal sympathies upon which he then acted."
Address of Robert Walsh
May these United States flourish in pure and undefiled religion,
in morality, peace, union, and liberty, and the enjoyment of their
excellent Constitution, so long as respect, honor and veneration
shall gather around the name of Washington. That is whilst there
shall be any surviving record of human events."
John Carroll
Father Matthew
The Apostle of Temperance
Born Oct. 10, 1790 in Tipperary Co. Ireland
Died Dec. 8, 1856 in Cork Co. Ireland
How Congress Honored Him
Upon December 19th 1849
Rev. Theobald Matthew
was by a special resolution invited to a privileged seat
upon the floor of the House of Representatives.
Upon December 20th 1849
The Senate Accorded to him a similar privilege - an honor
which previous to that time had been conferred on Lafayette only.
That resolution is an homage to humanity, to philanthropy, to virtue
Henry Clay
This illustrious benefactor of the human race and our own country
Wm. H. Seward
He comes among us on a mission of benevolence - it is a noble mission
and well he is fulfilling it.
Lewis Gass
He comes here upon a great mission which commands the admiration and
sympathy of all men.
Stephen A. Douglas
There is love, purity and fidelity inscribed upon the banner that
he bears.
Sam Houston
* North Concourse Drive and States Street.
* On the West Park tour.
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+Pictures of this piece from the Philadelphia Archdiocese Historical Research Center
+National Gallery of Art page for this piece
+ushistory.org's Commodore Barry page
+ushistory.org's Charles Carroll page
+wikipedia.org's John Carroll page
+wikipedia.org's Comte de Grasse page
+wikipedia.org's Tadeusz Kosciuszko page
+wikipedia.org's Marquis de Lafayette page
+wikipedia.org's Theobald Matthew page
+wikipedia.org's George Meade page
+history of the Penobscot Indians
+wikipedia.org's Casimir Pulaski page
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Columbus Monument
Emanuele Caroni,
1876 (renovated 1982)
* Monument to (and statue of) Christopher Columbus
* standing person,
globe,
sword,
anchors,
eagle,
ship,
sitting
people,
water,
flag
* Artist is listed as "possible."
* inscription:
Presented to the city of Philadelphia by the Italian citizens
In commemoration of the first centenary American Independence 1876
* Marconi Plaza.
West side of Broad, South of Oregon.
* On the South Broad tour.
* See also:
+Max Buten's picture of this piece
+phillyhistory.org 1959 picture of this piece
+wikipedia.org's Christopher Columbus page
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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1876
* groups of people,
some standing,
some sitting,
hats,
dogs,
plants
* Front and side walls.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Southwest corner, Broad and Cherry.
* Exhibits: Favorites
* See also:
+pafa.org page about the building
+philadelphiabuilding.org entry for the building
+Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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Religious Liberty
Moses Jacob Ezekiel,
1876
* big
people
standing,
liberty cap,
eagle,
serpent,
flame,
the Constitution
* inscription:
Plinth:
Dedicated to the people of the United States by the order B'nai B'rith and Israelites of America in commemoration of the centennial anniversary of American Independence.
Plaque:
Commissioned by B'nai B'rith for the United States Centenial, "Religious Liberty" was dedicated in Fairmount Park on Thanksgiving Day in 1876.
Carved in Rome from a single block of carrara marble, the statue was executed by Sir Moses Ezekiel, an American Jewish sculptor.
The monument was rededicated by B'nai B'rith International for this nation's Bicentennial in 1976.
The allegorical group represents liberty protecting religious freedom. The female figure wears the liberty cap bordered by thirteen stars for each of the original American colonies. In her left hand, she holds the constitution of the United States the legal document by which freedom is guaranteed to all citizens.
Religion is personified by a youth standing beside the figure of Liberty, whose outstretched arm extends over him protectively. His right hand reaches toward her, while in his left, he holds the inextinguishable flame of faith.
At the base of the group is an American eagle crushing a serpent in its talons, signifying the triumph of American democracy over the tyranny of intolerance and oppression.
The monument was relocated to Independence Mall and rededicated on May 4, 1986 in an historic joint venture between B'nai B'rith International and the National Museum of American Jewish History.
From this site, the statue proclaims in harmony with the Liberty Bell only steps away, a resounding message of religious liberty for all peoples.
* Just West of the National Museum of American Jewish History.
East Side of 5th Street, North of Market.
* On the Independence Mall tour.
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+Max Buten's first picture of this piece
+Max Buten's second picture of this piece
+Max Buten's third picture of this piece
+jewishvirtuallibrary.org's Moses Jacob Ezekiel page
+National Museum of American Jewish History
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Rev. Dr. John Witherspoon
Joseph Alexis Bailly,
1876 (unconfirmed)
* Statue of John Witherspoon
* standing person
* inscription:
front:
A lineal descendant of John Knox
Born in Scotland February 5 1722
Ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church 1745
President of the College of New Jersey 1788-1794
The only clergyman in the Continental Congress
A signer of the Declaration of Independence
Died at Princeton, New Jersey November 15, 1794
right:
For my own part of property I have some of reputation. More, that
reputation is staked, that property is pledged, on the issue of this contest.
And although these grey hairs must soon descend into sepulchre I
would infinitely rather that they descend thither by the hand
of the executioner than desert at this crisis the sacred cause
of my country.
left:
"Proclaim liberty throughout the land and to all its inhabitants
thereof" -Levit. XX 10
* In the Horticulture Center.
Just West of Belmont and Montgomery.
* On the West Park tour.
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Joseph Alexis Bailly page
+wikipedia.org's John Witherspoon page
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