Pioneers, Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).

Pioneers, Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).

Dodd, Charles, sculptor.

Easton, Harry, sculptor.

Doyle, Alexander, 1857-1922, architect.

Tauch, Waldine Amanda, 1892/94-1986, modeler.

Consolidated Stone Company, contractor.

Pioneers, Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).

Soldiers, Sailors and Pioneers of Lawrence County, Indiana, (sculpture).

Moses F. Dunn Memorial, (sculpture).

Installed Nov. 28, 1923. Dedicated Jan. 13, 1924.

Sculpture: Indiana limestone; Base: Indiana limestone.

Overall: approx. H. 30 ft.; Sculpture: approx. 12 ft. x 86 in. x 86 in.; Each relief: approx. 92 x 86 x 3 in.; Base: approx. 7 1/2 ft. x 223 in. x 223 in.

(On west side of base:) To the/Soldiers Sailors and Pioneers/of Lawrence County Indiana/Moses F. Dunn/1923 unsigned

A classically robed female figure, representing Miss Indiana, stands a top a square base that is adorned on each side with relief carvings. The figure of Miss Indiana holds a palm frond in her hands and wears an acanthus leaf wreath around her head. An anvil is at her proper left and a sheaf of wheat at her proper right. The relief panels on each side of the base depicts: West Relief Panel: two robed females with lowered swords in front of two Civil War soldiers with raised rifles and two Civil War sailors with raised ramrods; South Relief Panel: robed, seated angel surrounded by a worker, a Spanish-American War soldier and sailor, and a Boy Scout with his family; East Relief Panel: five females representing victorious allied World War I forces, in foreground, two of whom wear crowns, with eagle overhead and marching World War I soldiers and sailors in background; North Relief Panel: robed female in center, a pioneer family group to her proper left, with a male holding a hoe and a female carrying an infant, and a Native American chief to her proper right, and in the foreground tools, agricultural products, and a cornucopia. The monument is flanked by two fierce eagles on pedestals to the north and south, and three curved stone benches on either side. Behind the sculpture are tablets containing names of the dead from the Korean War, World War II, and the Vietnam War.

Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Bedford

Administered by Lawrence County Commissioners, Courthouse Square, Lawrence County Courthouse, Bedford, Indiana 47421

Located Lawrence County Courthouse, Lawrence Park, Bedford, Indiana

The total cost of the monument was $65,000, part of which was a gift of Bedford attorney Moses F. Dunn, who died in 1915, bequesting $10,000 for a sculpture that would pay tribute to Lawrence County soldiers, sailors and pioneers. Miss Indiana, Mayme Hubbard Smith, was the model for face of female figure. The face was carved by Bedford sculptor Harry Easton. Alexander Doyle was the architect for the project, and Waldine Tauch was the modeler. Indiana Bluff limestone was supplied by Consolidated Stone Company. IAS files contain related articles from Indianapolis Star, Jan. 15, 1924, and June 18, 1989; and Bedford Daily Democrat, Nov. 28, 1923, and Jan. 13, 1924.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.

SOS Assessment Award, 1999.

Inventory staff, 2000.

Indianapolis Star, June 18, 1989.

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