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Fox, August R.,
Martin, Ralph,
Hedrick, Jack,
Turner Marble and Granite Company,
Architecture -- Detail
History -- United States
Animal -- Bird
Occupation -- Military
Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Tampa
Sculpture
Memorial Highway Monument to the Victims of World War I, (sculpture).
Artist:
Fox, August R., 1875-1947, sculptor.
Martin, Ralph, designer.
Hedrick, Jack, engineer.
Turner Marble and Granite Company, carver.
Title:
Memorial Highway Monument to the Victims of World War I, (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1920-1921. Highway dedicated Jan. 2, 1921.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: granite and Carrara marble; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 37 ft. x 47 1/2 in. x 45 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 10 in. x 73 in. x 71 in.
Inscription:
(On base facing highway:) THIS/MEMORIAL HIGHWAY/IS REVERENTLY DEDICATED/AS A/ROAD OF REMEMBRANCE/TO THOSE WHO/GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR LIBERTY/IN THE/WORLD WAR, 1917-18/BY THE/PEOPLE OF TAMPA AND/HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY/THROUGH THE/TAMPA ROTARY CLUB/-1921-/PETER J. DECKER/JOSEPH H. STRINGFELLOW/EMILIO WHITE (On each of the three sides is an alphabetical list of one hundred and six names of the war dead)
Description:
Eagle on top of a tall doric column with a four-sided base. Eagle is perched with wings slightly unfolded, and head turned to proper left. Inscriptions on all four sides of base. Sculpture is surrounded by twelve small mileposts arranged in a circle.
Subject:
Architecture -- Detail -- Column
History -- United States -- World War I
Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
Occupation -- Military
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Tampa
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Rotary Club of Tampa, Club Number 117, P. O. Box 172056, Holiday Inn, 111 West Fortune Street, Suite 300, Tampa, Florida 33672
Located Memorial Highway, State Road 60 & Kennedy Boulevard, Tampa, Florida
Provenance:
Formerly located Memorial Highway, Pinellas County Line at Oldsmar, Tampa, Florida 1921-1963.
Remarks:
One of two monuments built as part of a memorial highway project conceived and sponsored by the Rotary Club of Tampa. Monuments were designed by Rotarian Ralph Martin and highway was laid out by engineer and Rotarian Jack Hedrick. Sculpture carved by Turner Marble and Granite Company. IAS files contain related article from Sunland Tribune, Nov. 1981, pg. 72-75, and transcriptions from plaques on mileposts. Memorial originally placed at end of Memorial Highway at the Pinella County Line. Stone mileposts were a later addition.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Florida, Tampa survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Dunn, Hampton, "The 'Road of Remembrance' is 60 Years Old," Sunland Tribune 7 (Nov. 1981), pg. 72-75.
Related Works:
Companion to: FL000046.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS FL000046
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
FL000046
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