Stanford Serra Monument, (sculpture).

Stanford Serra Monument, (sculpture).

Bisson, Peter, sculptor.

Western Granite and Marble Company, fabricator.

Stanford Serra Monument, (sculpture).

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Sculpture: Crystal Lake granite.

Sculpture: approx. 8 x 10 x 6 ft.; Base: approx. 15 in. x 10 1/2 ft. x 9 1/2 ft.

(On cross in boat:) JUNE 3, 1770 (On book held by figure:) Scripta Sacra (On base of sculpture:) HERE JUNE 3, 1770, LANDED VERY REV. FATHER JUNIPERO SERRA, O.S.E./AND FOUNDED THE FOLLOWING MISSIONS. SAN DIEGO. JULY 16, 1769./SAN CARLOS MONTEREY, JUNE 3, 1770. SAN ANTONIO DE PADUA, JULY 14, 1771./SAN GABRIEL SEPT. 8, 1771, SAN LUIS OBISPO, SEPT. 1, 1772, SAN FRANCISCO/DE LOS DOLORES, OCT. 9, 1776, SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, NOV. 1, 1776./SANTA CLARA, JAN. 18, 1777. SAN BUENAVENTURA, MAR. 21, 1782./AND DIED AUG. 28, 1784, IN SAN CARLOS MISSION, CARMELO VALLEY./"AS THE LORD LIVETH, EVEN WHAT MY GOD SAITH THAT WILL I SPEAK." 2 CHRON. 18TH CHAP. 12TH VERSE./THIS MONUMENT ERECTED BY JANE L. STANFORD, IN THE YEAR 1891./IN MEMORY OF FATHER JUNIPERO SERRA, A PHILANTHROPIST SEEKING THE/WELFARE OF THE HUMBLEST, A HERO DARING AND READY TO SACRIFICE/HIMSELF FOR THE GOOD OF HIS FELLOW BEINGS, A FAITHFUL SERVANT/OF HIS MASTER. unsigned.

Full-length portrait of Junipero Serra. He wears a priest's long robe with a rope belt, an ornamented stole and sandals. He holds a book in his proper left hand. His proper right hand is raised in blessing, the palm face out. He stands in front of a wooden dinghy or rowboat. A cross lays lengthwise inside the boat. A rope is coiled at the bow of the boat. The granite sculpture stands on a rough-hewn self-base.

Portrait male -- Serra, Junipero -- Full length

Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy

Occupation -- Religion -- Missionary

Ethnic -- Spanish

Architecture -- Boat -- Rowboat

Emblem -- Cross

Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Monterey

Administered by City of Monterey, Cultural Services, Colton Hall, Monterey, California 93940

Located Presidio, Off Artillery & CPL Ewing Road, Monterey, California

The sculpture was given to the city of Monterey by Jane L. Stanford in 1901. The sculpture is located near the place where Serra landed in 1770 and founded the Mission San Carlos, Monterey. IAS files contain copies of related article from Monterey Herald, Jan. 15, 1995; and related excerpts from Merrill Reed's "Historical Statues and Monuments in California," San Francisco, 1956, pg. 13; Martin J. Morgado's "Junipero Serra's Legacy," Mount Carmel, 1987, pg. 121-122; and Anna Geil Adresen's "Historic Landmarks of California," Salinas: 1917, pg. 15.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994.

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