Masonic Hall, (sculpture).

Masonic Hall, (sculpture).

Albertson, Erick Jensen, sculptor.

Masonic Hall, (sculpture).

Time and The Maiden, (sculpture).

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Painted redwood.

Carved redwood sculpture located on top of a building. The sculpture depicts mythic symbols of the Masonic Order including: the Angel of Death, the Hourglass of Transience, the Weeping Maiden, the anointment of Her Hair, the Acacia Branch and the Sacred Urn, the Sundered Column, and the Book of Light. The sculpture is painted white. A full-length figure of the Angel of Death stands behind the Weeping Maiden, his hands outstretched, parting the maiden's long hair. A long scythe leans against the Angel's proper left shoulder. The Maiden holds an object which sits on a short column. To the proper left of the short column is an hourglass. In front of the short column, leaning against it, is a broken column.

Emblem -- Masonic

Religion -- Angel

Figure female -- Full length

Architecture -- Detail -- Column

Object -- Other -- Hourglass

Object -- Tool -- Scythe

Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Mendocino

Savings Bank of Mendocino County, 10500 Lansing Street, P. O. Box 687, Mendocino, California 95460

Formerly located Medocino Masonic Temple, 10500 Lansing Street, Mendocino, California 1873-1977.

The sculpture was carved by Albertson, a founding member of the Mendocino Masonic Temple, who also did most of the construction for the temple building. SOS! survey cites execution date of 1893; other materials included with survey cite execution date of 1866-1873. Savings Bank of Menocino County purchased the Mendocino Masonic Lodge building and sculpture in 1977. In 1993 restoration work was done on the sculpture; the Maiden's arm was bolted into place after having fallen off three years earlier, and the base of the sculpture was repaired and straightened. IAS files contain copies of related pamphlets from Savings Bank of Mendocino and Mendocino Lodge No. 179 Free & Accepted Masons. IAS files contain copy of related article from The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, CA), Dec. 21, 1993.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994.

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