The Pennsylvania State Memorial: Winfield Scott Hancock, (sculpture).

The Pennsylvania State Memorial: Winfield Scott Hancock, (sculpture).

Dallin, Cyrus Edwin, 1861-1944, sculptor.

Cottrell, W. Liance, architect.

Harrison Granite Company, fabricator.

Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.

Van Amringe Granite Company, fabricator.

The Pennsylvania State Memorial: Winfield Scott Hancock, (sculpture).

Winfield Scott Hancock, (sculpture).

Memorial begun summer 1909. Memorial dedicated Sept. 27, 1910. Military statues installed April 1913. Memorial rededicated July 4, 1913.

Statue: bronze; Memorial: granite.

Statue: approx. H. 8 ft.; Memorial: approx. H. 100 ft. x W. 100 ft.

(On memorial: ninety bronze tablets listing the names of every Pennsylvanian who fought at Gettysburg)

This standing portrait of Winfield Scott Hancock is one of eight bronze sculptures installed in the niches that flank the four archways of the massive granite Pennsylvania State Memorial. The memorial is topped by a dome adorned with a bronze female figure representing the Goddess of Victory and Peace. Above each archway are granite monoliths containing battle scenes honoring the four branches of the service. And in the spandrels flanking each archway are classical maidens, each holding either a trumpet or a wreath of victory.

Portrait male -- Hancock, Winfield Scott -- Full length

History -- United States -- Civil War

Occupation -- Military -- General

Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg

Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia

Administered by Gettysburg National Military Park, 97 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325

Located Gettysburg National Military Park, Hancock, Pleasanton & Humphrey Avenues, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325

In 1907, $150,000 was appropriated to erect a suitable memorial to honor all Pennsylvanians who participated in the battle at Gettysburg. The design submitted by architect W. Liance Cottrell was selected and the Harrison Granite Company was chosen to execute the design. Construction on the memorial began in the summer of 1909. However, at the time of the dedication on Sept. 27, 1910, the eight portrait statues Cottrell envisioned for the niches on either side of each archway were missing due to the lack of funds. In the year following the dedication, an additional $40,000 as appropriated to create the statues, and the Van Amringe Granite Company as given the contract. The statues were cast at the Gorham Manufacturing Company and were installed in April of 1913. The total cost for the memorial was $200,000.

: Winfield Scott Hancock was the commander of the 2nd Corps during the battle at Gettysburg. The memorial is listed on the National Park Service, List of Classified Structures (referred to as MN 260) and is referenced in the Gettysburg National Military Park Archives, vol. 2. IAS files contain an excerpt from Frederick W. Hawthorne's "Gettysburg: Stories of Men and Monuments" Association of Licensed Battlefield Guides, 1988.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985

Gettysburg Battlefield.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA5114, 1989.

Monumental News, Jan. and Aug. 1913.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.

Monumental News, Aug. 1913, pg. 552-553, cover.

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