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Johnson, Elma M.,
Architecture -- Domestic
Outdoor Sculpture -- North Carolina -- Asheville
Relief
Sculpture
Woodfin House, (sculpture).
Artist:
Johnson
,
Elma
M
.,
sculptor
.
Title:
Woodfin House, (sculpture).
Dates:
1994. Dedicated July 22, 1994.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Brick.
Dimensions:
Approx. 30 x 104 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.
Inscription:
(On lower proper left corner:)
Elma
M
.
Johnson
'94 signed
Description:
A relief of the Woodfin house with four bay windows and eight classical columns, done in red, white and black.
Subject:
Architecture -- Domestic -- Woodfin
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- North Carolina -- Asheville
Relief
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Asheville, Downtown Development Office, 29 Haywood Street, Asheville, North Carolina 28801
Located Corner of Woodfin Street & Broadway, beside the Masonic Temple, Asheville, North Carolina
Remarks:
Nearby plaque reads: WOODFIN HOUSE/Nicholas W. Woodfin, pioneer lawyer,/agricultural innovator, and state senator,/completed his home on the opposite corner in/1840. Dr. James A. Burroughs, tuberculosis/specialist, later resided there. Other/occupants included Asheville School for/Girls, Asheville High School, and the/YMCA. The building, which was enlarged in/1922 by the YMCA, was razed in 1970./Placed in memory of Henry T. Collins, first YMCA President,/by Eleanor Collins Sawyer and family. IAS files contain a pamphlet "Downtown Asheville: The Asheville Urban Trail," City of Asheville, Downtown Development Office, n.d.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, North Carolina survey, 1994.
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 NC000285
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Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
NC000285
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