George F. Johnson Monument, (sculpture).

George F. Johnson Monument, (sculpture).

Keck, Charles, 1875-1951, sculptor.

George F. Johnson Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated Oct. 14, 1951.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: red granite; Exedra: stone.

Sculpture: approx. H. 8 ft. 5 in.; Exedra: approx. 24 x 36 ft.

(On exedra wall, left side, bronze lettering:) CONFIDENCE BETWEEN WORKERS AND MANAGEMENT IS THE GREATEST FACTOR IN BUSINESS SUCCESS (On exedra wall, right side, bronze lettering:) LET US NOT BE WEARY IN WLL DOING, FOR IN DUE SEASON WE SHALL REAP IF WE FAINT NOT. Gal 6:9 (On exedra wall, behind portrait, bronze lettering:) THE HOPE OF THE WORLD LIES IN EVOLUTION, PROGRESS AND CONSTANT IMPROVEMENT, AND WE LOOK WITH CONFIDENCE INTO THAT FUTURE, RAPIDLY APPROACHING, WHEN ALL MAY HAVE A MORE EQUAL SHARE IN THE GOOD THINGS OF LIFE, WHEN THE RIGHTS OF HUMANS ARE ACKNOWLEDGED TO BE MORE SACRED THAT THE RIGHTS OF DOLLARS, WHEN IT WILL BE THE SAME VICE, AND THE SAME CRIME, WHETHER COMMITTED IN BROADCLOTH OR IN RAGS. Geo. F. Johnson (signature) (On base, bronze lettering:) GEORGE F. JOHNSON 1857-1951 (On back of monument:) HOLD FAST TO THAT WHICH IS GOOD/ERECTED BY FELLOW WORKERS AND FRIENDS

A full-length bronze portrait of George F. Johnson standing atop a red granite base with curved exedra walls on either side. George F. Johnson is portrayed as a mature man, in the prime of his career. Inscriptions in bronze lettering and two laurel wreaths adorn the exedra walls.

Portrait male -- Johnson, George F. -- Full length

Occupation -- Industry -- Manufacturing

Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Endicott

Located Main Street, Endicott, New York

George F. Johnson came to Binghamton, New York from Massachusetts in his twenties to work for the Lester Brothers Boot and Shoe Company. He later became head of the entire operation, which grew into the Endicott-Johnson Company, and became one of the area's largest employers. The monument was probably commissioned shortly after George F. Johnson's death in 1948 at the age of 91. Funding was provided through public donations. A bronze urn containing a scroll with more than 100,000 signatures of contributors to the memorial fund was placed within the stone structure on Aug. 24, 1951.

SOS Assessment Award, 1999.

Orzell, Bill, 2017.

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