William Woodward Monument, (sculpture).

William Woodward Monument, (sculpture).

Bailly, Joseph Alexis, 1825-1883, sculptor.

Bureau Brothers, founder.

William Woodward Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated Oct. 24, 1878. Relocated 1953.

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Figure: bronze; Base: granite.

Figure: approx. 8 x 3 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 10 x 7.5 x 7.5 ft.

Bureau Bros. & Heaton/Bronze Foundaries, Phila. (Base:) A. Bailly/Sculptor/Phila. (Relief on front of base:) Bust of S. Lewis, MVCCCLXXVIII, AB (Relief on back of base:) Bust of S. Cogswell, MVCCCLXXVIII, AB (Relief on side of base:) Bust of T. I. Mathews, MVCCCLXXVIII, AB (Relief on other side of base:) Bust of Joseph Rey, MVCCCLXXVIII, AB (Front of base, raised:) WILLIAM WOODWARD (Back of base, incised:) Erected by/THE OLD WOODWARD CLUB/AND THE/WOODWARD ALUMNAL ASSOCIATION/1878. (Bronze plaque on lower back of base:) PRESENTED IN 1878 BY/THE OLD WOODWARD CLUB/AND/THE WOODWARD ALUMNAL ASSOCIATION/MOVED TO THIS SITE IN 1953. signed Founder's mark appears.

A portrait of William Woodward wearing a suit with his proper left arm bent and a cape-like garment draped over his forearm. He stands atop a square base, adorned on each side with an oval bronze relief depicting a local leader of education: S. Cogswell, T. I. Mathews, Joseph Rey, and S. Lewis.

Portrait male -- Woodward, William -- Full length

Portrait -- Cogswell, S. -- Bust

Portrait male -- Mathews, Thomas Johnson -- Bust

Portrait -- Lewis, S. -- Bust

Portrait male -- Rey, Joseph -- Bust

Occupation -- Education -- Teacher

Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cincinnati

Administered by Cincinnati Public Schools, 230 East Ninth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

Located Woodward High School, 7001 Reading Road, Roselawn, Cincinnati, Ohio

The sculpture previously stood at the original Woodward High School at the graves of William Woodward and his wife Abigail Cutter. In 1953, the sculpture was moved to its current location at a new trade school in Roselawn, named in honor of William Woodward. Woodward, 1768-1833, was a successful farmer who created a trust fund to begin a private boys school that eventually became Woodward High School, the first public high school west of the Alleghenies.

IAS files contain related information from Robert Wimberg's "Cincinnati: Over-the-Rhine," Cincinnati: The Ohio Book Store, 1987, pg. 19; Jeffrey Giglierano's and Deborah A. Overmyer's "The Bicentennial Guide to Greater Cincinnati: A Portrait of Two Hundred Years," Cincinnati: Cincinnati Historical Society, 1988, pg. 95, 564; and an unidentified document from Cincinnati's Municipal Reference Library. For additional reading see: "The WPA Guide to Cincinnati," Cincinnati: The Cincinnati Historical Society, 1987, pg. 213; Cincinnati Magazine, (Sept. 1978): pg. 132.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cincinnati survey, 1993.

SOS Assessment Award, 1998.

Gigliermo, Jeffery J., and Deborah A. Overmyer, "The Bicentennial Guide to Greater Cincinnati: A Portrait of Two Hundred Years," Cincinnati: Cincinnati Historical Society, 1988, pg. 564.

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