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Volunteer Fire Fighter's Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Volk, Leonard Wells, 1828-1895, sculptor. Title:  Volunteer Fire Fighter's Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  1864. Dedicated 1864. Rededicated Oct. 7, 1979. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Figure: marble; Column: marble; Base: limestone; Marker: granite. Dimensions:  Figure: approx. 5 ft. x 2 ft. x 18 in.; Column and Base: approx. 26 ft. x 20 ft. x 20 ft. Inscription:  (On front of base:) In memory of/Members of the/Volunteer Fire Department. (On left side of base:) Fireman's Benevolent Association/Organized 1847/Chartered 1852 (On back of base:) Erected by the/Fireman's Benevolent Association/1864 (On right side of base:) Chicago Fire Department/Organized 1837 unsigned Description:  A marble figure of a fireman, a megaphone in his proper left hand, tops a fluted Doric column rising from a drum wrapped with a coiled fire hose. There are four relief panels located just below the drum. Three of the four reliefs depict hand-pumped fire engines, the fourth depicts a fire-fighting scene. Four limestone fire pumps topped with fireman's hats are at the four corners of the base. A marker at the foot of the base lists the names of fire fighters who are buried on the plot. Subject:  Figure male Occupation -- Service -- Fireman Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Dress -- Uniform -- Fireman Uniform Architecture -- Vehicle -- Fire Engine Object -- Tool -- Hose Object Type:  Relief Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago Sculpture Owner:  Rosehill Cemetery, 5800 North Ravenswood Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60660 Remarks:  The monument was refurbished and rededicated in 1979, when a more durable granite marker listing the 15 fire fighters who are buried on the plot was placed at the front of the base. IAS files contain transcription of text of this marker. References:  Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 360. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois, Chicago survey, 1992. Illustration:  Image on file. Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 360. 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 87580160   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 87580160 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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