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Sugarhouse Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Malin, Millard Fillmore, sculptor. California Art Bronze Foundry, founder. Anderson and Young, architectural firm. Title:  Sugarhouse Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  1930. Dedicated 1934. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze, concrete, and stone; Base: concrete and stone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 40 x 40 x 12 ft.; Base: approx. 40 x 40 x 12 ft. Inscription:  CALIF ART.BRONZE.FNRY.LA (Relief plaque:) THE OLD/SUGAR HOUSE/HOME OF ONE OF THE EARLIEST EFFORTS TOWARD/THE CREATION OF LOCAL INDUSTRY IN UTAH/AT THESE CROSSROADS IN 1853-55 A STRUCTURE/WAS ERECTED WHICH STOOD FOR MANY YEARS A SYMBOL/OF PIONEER ENTERPRISE AND COURAGE. ITS SITE WAS/APPROXIMATELY TWO HUNDRED FEET EAST OF THIS SPORT/AFTER THE SUGAR PROJECT WAS ABANDONED THE OLD MILL/SERVED MANY OTHER USEFUL PURPOSES ITS LIFE ENDED IN 1928 Founder's mark appears. Description:  A tall obelisk, with a lantern at the top, and bronze figures and concrete or stone planters at the base. On the west side of the base is a seated male figure. He holds a scroll in his proper left hand; an urn, with water pouring out, in his proper right hand. On the east side of the base, a seated female figure holds fruits and vegetables. Native-American figures are carved along the top and sides of the obelisk. A plaque close to the bottom includes a depiction of and text related to the old sugar house. Subject:  Architecture -- Industry -- Mill Occupation -- Industry -- Foodstuff Figure male -- Full length Figure female -- Full length Object -- Written Matter -- Scroll Object -- Other -- Vase Ethnic -- Indian Object -- Furniture -- Lamp Object Type:  Obelisk Outdoor Sculpture -- Utah -- Sugarhouse Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Salt Lake City Corporation, Salt Lake City Arts Council, 54 Finch Lane, Salt Lake City, Utah 84102 Located 21st South and 11th East, Sugarhouse, Utah Remarks:  Nearby plaque reads: Erected in recognition of the first effort made to manufacture beet sugar in western America. With dauntless perserverance through severe hardships, the machinery was brought from Liverpool, England to this place, where in 1853 the sugar mill was constructed. May the spirit of this courageous venture continue to characterize this community. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Utah survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. 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 UT000110   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture UT000110 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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