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Covell, Vernon R.,
Sprague, Norman S.,
John F. Casey Company,
Architecture -- Detail
Animal -- Bird
Animal -- Lion
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
Sculpture
Jack's Run Bridge Memorial Columns, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Covell, Vernon R., engineer.
Sprague, Norman S., engineer.
John F. Casey Company, contractor.
Title:
Jack's Run Bridge Memorial Columns, (sculpture).
Dates:
1925.
Medium:
Each column and eagle: Indiana limestone.;Each base: Indiana limestone with bronze plaque.
Dimensions:
4 columns. Each column: 26 x 4 x 4 ft.
Inscription:
(On each bronze plaque:) BRIDGE NO. 1/JACK'S RUN/ERECTED 1923-1924/ALLEGHENY COUNTY/COUNTY COMMISSIONERS/ADDISON C. GUMBERT, 1920-1924/ROBERT S. CAIN, 1923/JAMES HOULAHEN, 1923-1924/JOSEPH G. ARMSTRONG, 1924/COUNTY CONTROLLER JOHN P.MORE/DIRECTOR/NORMAN F. BROWN/ASSISTANT DIRECTOR/CHARLES M. REPPERT/COUNTY ENGINEER/VERNON R. COVELL/CONSULTING ENGINEER/NORMAN S. SPRAGUE/CONTRACTOR/JOHN F. CASEY COMPANY
Description:
Four obelisk-shaped columns each topped with an American eagle which measures 4 ft. x 4 ft. A lion's head is set in each of the four sides of each column's base. On each base there is the Pennsylvania coat-of-arms and a bronze inscription plaque.
Subject:
Architecture -- Detail -- Column
Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
Animal -- Lion
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by County of Allegheny, Maintenance, 1520 Penn Avenue, Penn Liberty Plaza, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
Located Jack's Run Bridge, Lincoln Avenue near Burnside Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Remarks:
The memorial honors the World War I veterans from Bellevue and from the Twenty-Seventh Ward of Pittsburgh. The bronze tablets were placed near the piece on Memorial Day 1925.
References:
Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 27.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania Survey, 1995.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA0152, 1989.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 59.
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 64480027
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Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
64480027
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