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Tower as Inland Lighthouse, (sculpture). Artist:  Hera, 1940- , sculptor. Campbellsville Industries, contractor. Title:  Tower as Inland Lighthouse, (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned Oct. 1988. Copyrighted 1990. Dedicated Aug. 13, 1990. Medium:  Painted aluminum and steel tower with cedar seating and a wind vane, lightning rod, clocks, thermometers and barometers. Dimensions:  Approx. H. 28 ft. 3 in. x Diam. 5 ft. 4 in. Inscription:  (On plaque in cement, at base of tower:) TOWER AS INLAND LIGHTHOUSE/(copyright symbol) Hera 1990/SPONSORED BY: HILLSBOROUGH AREA REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY/THE URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATION/THE CITY OF TAMPA/FIRST FLORIDA BANK signed Description:  A tower structure with an onion dome that serves as a shelter for bus riders. A wind vane and lightning rod stand atop the dome. Under the dome, the structure is six-sided, with panels containing two clocks, two thermometers and two barometers. A red light on the one the instruments warns of stormy weather. At the bottom of the tower is seating for passengers. Subject:  Architecture -- Civic -- Bus Station Object -- Furniture -- Clock Object -- Tool -- Measuring Device Object -- Other -- Weather vane Object Type:  Bench Weather vane Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Tampa Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority, 305 East 21st Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33605 Located Marion Street Transitway at Kennedy Boulevard, Tampa, Florida Remarks:  Commissioned in October 1988 by the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART) as part of the Marion Street Transit Parkway Public Art Program. Cost was $60,000, a portion of which came from private donations. Campbellsville Industries provided design, fabrication, delivery and installation services. The design of the tower is reminiscent of towers designed by J. A. Wood for the University of Tampa and the Hillsborough County Courthouse. Benches are cordoned off. IAS files include information, press releases and correspondence from the artist from the HARTline files and related articles from the St. Petersburg Times, July 20, 1990 and August 4 & 6, 1990. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Florida, Tampa 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 FL000191   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture FL000191 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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