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Goeres-Tacey Homestead Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Tacey, Roger, sculptor. Tacey, Joyce, sculptor. Title:  Goeres-Tacey Homestead Monument, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Tacey Farms Ltd., (sculpture). Tacey Farms Limited, (sculpture). Dates:  July 4, 1992. Dedicated Aug. 1, 1992. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: cast iron, tin, steel, stone, wood, lightning rods, hand pumps, hay sling pulleys and track, disc blades, and cupola; Foundation: stone and concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 18 x 22 x 12 ft. Inscription:  Roger & Joyce Tacey (On cupola:) KNIGHTS OF AK-SAR-BEN/(coat of arms)/PIONEER FARM AWARD/Goeres-Tacey Homestead 1891-1991 (Below pulleys:) TACEY FARMS LTD. (On right pump:) Pat. Aug. 24, 1890 (On left pump:) Dempster Mill Mfg Co (Small copper plate denotes names and dates of the operators of the farmstead) signed Description:  At upper center is a barn cupola, painted with the Ak-Sar-Ben coat of arms. The cupola rests on a narrow portion of wood shingle roof. At each end of the roof are flagpoles. Midway between the cupola and each flagpole are lightning rods. Supporting the roof are two pillars made of split fieldstone. Just below the roof are hay sling pulleys and tracks. Suspended below the center pulleys is the TACEY FARMS LTD. sign, which in turn rests on the two hand pumps. In summertime, water flows from the pumps into an oval horse tank in the center of the monument. Low fieldstone walls run between the pillars on both sides of the tank. Subject:  Occupation -- Farm History -- United States -- Westward Expansion History -- United States -- Nebraska Architecture -- Detail -- Tower Architecture -- Detail -- Roof Object -- Tool -- Hardware Object -- Tool -- Pump Object Type:  Fountain Flagstaff Billboard Outdoor Sculpture -- Nebraska -- Osmond Sculpture Owner:  Tacey Farms, RR #2, Osmond, Nebraska 68765 Remarks:  This monument was built by Roger and Joyce Tacey, who operate Tacey Farms. They built the monument in conjunction with the pioneer family farm award that they received from Nebraska Association of Fair Managers, Ak-Sar-Ben and ConAgra, Inc., in honor of 100 years of continuous family ownership of their farm. The monument is made of antiques such as the cupola, lightning rods, wood roof, and hand pumps supplied by the Goeres and Tacey families. IAS files contain copy of newspaper article from the Osmond Republican (Osmond, Nebraska), Aug. 1992, which details the materials used in the creation of the monument. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Nebraska survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. 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 NE000027   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NE000027 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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