The Latrobe Monument, (sculpture).

The Latrobe Monument, (sculpture).

Berge, Edward, 1876-1924, sculptor.

Miller, Joseph Maxwell, 1877-1933, sculptor.

Beecher, William Gordon, architect.

Roman Bronze Works, founder.

Clough & Molloy, contractor.

D. M. Andrew Company, contractor.

The Latrobe Monument, (sculpture).

June 14, 1914. Rededicated June 11, 1997.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. 150 in. x 9 ft. x 83 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 69 x 125 x 101 in.

(Sculpture, figure's proper left side, between chair legs:) EDW BERGE J.M MILLER- W.G.BEECHER-ARCH (Sculpture, on figure's proper left side, on bronze base:) CAST BY ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N-Y- (Base, front of granite wall, top border, south side:) 1893 LATROBE 1875 (Base, back of granite wall behind figure, north side:) FERDINAND CLAIBORNE LATROBE 1833 1911 /SEVEN TIMES MAYOR OF BALTIMORE/IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT/ OF HIS EMINENT SERVICES THE/ CITY HAS ERECTED THIS MONUMENT/ A.D. 1914 (Base, top of granite wall, north side:) 1891 1878 / 1879 1883 1887 (Base, bottom of granite wall, north side: commission list) signed Founder's mark appears.

A portrait of former Baltimore Mayor Ferdinand Latrobe standing in front of a large arm chair. He is depicted with a long moustache and dressed in a double-breasted overcoat. The sculpture rests on a square granite base which extends from the bottom of a tall granite wall. On the front of the granite base, just below Latrobe there is a raised image of a miniature obelisk monument surrounded by foliage. The top of the granite wall is adorned with a border containing the raised images of two wreaths, one surrounding the date 1893 and one surrounding the date 1875.

Portrait male -- Latrobe, Ferdinand Claiborne

Occupation -- Political -- Mayor

Object -- Furniture -- Chair

Architecture -- Monument -- Obelisk

Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Baltimore

Administered by City of Baltimore, Recreation and Parks, 2600 Madison Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21217

Located Broadway at Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21230

Baltimore native, Ferdinand Claiborne Latrobe (1833-1911) was a seven-term mayor of Baltimore whose administration led the way in civic improvements for the citizens of Baltimore. The contract for the base was let to Clough & Molloy for $2,900 and the contract for the foundation was let to D. M. Andrew Company for $400. For related information see: William Sener Rusk's "Art in Baltimore: Monuments and Memorials," Baltimore: Norman, Remington, 1929; Kathleen Kotarba's report "The Baltimore Bronze Project," Baltimore: Baltimore City Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation, July 1989; and Wilbur Harvey Hunter's "The Monumental City, The Rinehart School of Sculpture 75th Anniversary Catalogue 1896-1971," pg. 16-47.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985

The Peale Museum.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland, Baltimore survey, 1993.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MD50006, 1989.

Monumental News, March 1914, pg. 195.

Inventory staff, 2000.

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