William Cotter Maybury Memorial, (sculpture).

William Cotter Maybury Memorial, (sculpture).

Weinman, Adolph A., 1870-1952, sculptor.

Piccirilli Brothers Marble Carving Studios, carver.

Roman Bronze Works, founder.

Cartwright Brothers Granite Company, contractor.

William Cotter Maybury Memorial, (sculpture).

William C. Maybury Memorial, (sculpture).

Dedicated Nov. 24, 1912.

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Sculpture: approx. 5 x 3 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 15 x 9 x 10 ft.

Roman Bronze Inc. (On bronze base of sculpture:) A.A.WEINMAN.SC (On back of stele:) WILLIAM COTTER MAYBURY/BORN IN DETROIT NOVEMBER/20, 1848, EDUCATED IN HER/PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE/UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN/CITY ATTORNEY OF DETROIT/1876-1880. REPRESENTATIVE/IN CONGRESS FOR FIRST/MICHIGAN DISTRICT 1883-1880. REPRESENTATIVE/IN CONGRESS FOR FIRST/MICHIGAN DISTRICT 1883-1887/MAYOR OF DETROIT 1897-1905./DIED IN DETROIT MAY 6, 1909/THE PEOPLE OF DETROIT/TO WHOM THIS ELOQUENT/CITIZEN AND PUBLIC OFFICIAL/DEDICATED A LIFE OF UNSELFISH SERVICE, CHARITY AND SYMPATHY/IN LOVING COMMEMORATION/HAVE ERECTED THIS MONUMENT/MCMXII signed Founder's mark appears.

The memorial consists of a bronze portrait of William Cotter Maybury seated in a chair in front of a large a granite stele adorned on the front with a marble relief of two allegorical figures. The allegorical figures may represent Eloquence and Charity --symbols of Maybury's reputation.

Portrait male -- Maybury, William Cotter -- Full length

Occupation -- Political -- Mayor

Occupation -- Education -- Orator

Allegory -- Quality -- Charity

Allegory -- Quality -- Truth

Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Detroit

Administered by City of Detroit, Parks and Recreation Department, Landscape Division, 2008 Water Board Building, 735 Randolph Street, Detroit, Michigan 48226

Located Grand Circus Park, Woodward Avenue between West Adams & Park Street, Detroit, Michigan

The Cartwright Brothers Granite Company of Detroit were the contractors for the erection of the work. The memorial cost twenty-five thousand dollars which was raised through popular subscription organized by Maybury's friend George W. Fowle. The City of Detroit provided the base. The memorial was moved during 1955-1956 while an underground parking garage was created, but when the memorial was reinstalled, it was not placed in the exact spot it had previously occupied. The memorial was restored in 1985 by Venus Bronze Works, Inc. IAS files contain newspaper articles from the Detroit News Tribune, Nov. 24, 1912; the Journal (Detroit, MI), Jan. 11, 1911; and the Detroit News, April 14, 1983. For additional information see also the Detroit Free Press, June 19, 1985 and June 26, 1985.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MI5012, 1989.

Monumental News, Jan. 1913, pg. 61.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993.

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