Adin Ballou Memorial, (sculpture).

Adin Ballou Memorial, (sculpture).

Partridge, William Ordway, 1861-1930, sculptor.

Woodbury, Daniel, designer.

Roman Bronze Works, founder.

Adin Ballou Memorial, (sculpture).

Cast ca. 1900. Dedicated Oct. 27, 1900.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: Cape Ann granite.

Sculpture: approx. H. 8 ft.; Base: approx. H. 8 ft. (1,600 lbs.).

PARTRIDGE 1900 ROMAN BRONZE WORKS, NEW YORK (Front of base:) ADIN BALLOU/PREACHER, AUTHOR, PHILANTHROPIST/APOSTLE OF CHRISTIAN SOCIALISM/AND/FOUNDER OF THE/HOPEDALE COMMUNITY/1803-1890/BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS./NOT DISOBEDIENT TO/THE/HEAVENLY VISION. (Right side of base:) A MAN OF NATIONAL CHRISTIAN/FAITH, STERLING QUALITIES OF MIND,/AND RARE EXCELLENCE OF CHARACTER,/WHOSE LIFE WAS DEVOTED TO WORKS/OF RIGHTEOUS, BROTHERHOOD,/AND PEACE, TO THE WELL-BEING OF/HIS KIND AND THE UPBUILDING, OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD ON THE EARTH. (Left side of base:) "IF PROVIDENCE HAS ENTRUSTED ME/WITH ANY DISTINCTIVE MISSION IN/THE WORLD, IT IS TO AID IN SHOWING/MY FELLOW-MEN THE WAY INTO THAT/CHRISTIANLIKE ORDER OF LIFE WHICH/ILLUSTRATES THE GREAT IDEAS OF/THE FATHERHOOD OF GOD AND/THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN." signed Founder's mark appears.

A portrait of Adin Ballou in mid-life, standing as though addressing a public assembly, with his proper right arm forward with his hand and palm raised. His proper left foot is forward and in his proper left hand he holds a book which he rest on top of a lectern. He is dressed in boots, and a greatcoat over a vest, shirt, and bow tie. The sculpture is mounted upon a tall square base.

Portrait male -- Ballou, Adin -- Full length

Occupation -- Monetary -- Philanthropist

Occupation -- Writer -- Author

Occupation -- Religion -- Preacher

Object -- Written Matter -- Book

Object -- Furniture -- Desk

Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Hopedale

Administered by Town of Hopedale, Hopedale & Hope Streets, Hopedale, Massachusetts 01747

Located Ballou Lot, Corner of Hopedale & Peace Streets, Hopedale, Massachusetts

The monument commemorates Adin Ballou (1803-1890), a preacher, author, philanthropist, apostle of Christian socialism, and the founder of the Hopedale, then a communal town. The monument was donated by General Draper, after a movement to erect a memorial to Ballou began in the autumn of 1898. The site of the monument, commonly known as the "Ballou Lot," was previously Adin Ballou's homestead, purchased by the Town in May of 1900 for $800. The base was designed by Daniel Woodbury of Boston. IAS files contain a transcription of a nearby plaque and an excerpt from the "Fifteenth Annual Report of the Town Officers of the Town of Hopedale for the Year Ending December 31, 1900," pg. 46-49.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1996.

"Fifteenth Annual Report of the Town Officers of the Town of Hopedale, Year Ending December 31, 1890," pg. 46.

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