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    		• Earle, Stephen E.,
     
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    		• Fisher, Clellan W.,
     
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    		• Architecture exterior -- Castle
     
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    		• Homage -- Bancroft, George
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Worcester
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Bancroft Tower, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Earle, Stephen E., architect.
    Fisher, Clellan W., architect.
    Title: 
    Bancroft Tower, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1900. Dedicated 1912.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Fieldstone, granite, and flagstone.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. H. 55 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On wall inside tower:) AD 1900 S unsigned
    Description: 
    A large fieldstone structure resembling a castle with a square turret on each side a tall tower on one side. Inside there is a fireplace on each side and a circular staircase in the tower. Through the center there is a large archway. The sills, lintels, coping, and steps are made of granite. The floor is made of flagstone.
    Subject: 
    Architecture exterior -- Castle
    Homage -- Bancroft, George
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Worcester
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Worcester, Parks, Recreation, and Cemetery Department, 125 Green Hill Parkway, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605
    Located Salisbury Park, Worcester, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    The inscription plaque embedded in the front walkway reads: BANCROFT TOWER/THIS TOWER WAS BUILT IN 1900/TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF/GEORGE BANCROFT/1800-1891/BORN AT THE FOOT OF THIS HILL HE ROSE TO THE POSTS OF/SECRETARY OF THE NAVY/FOUNDER OF THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY, ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND/U.S. MINISTER TO GREAT BRITAIN/AND GERMANY/THIS MEMORIAL WAS BUILT BY HIS FRIEND AND ADMIRER/STEPHEN SALISBURY, III. (Stephen Salisbury, III's father was a childhood friend of George Bancroft.) IAS files contain a copy of the City of Worcester's Monument Inventory Form dated April 3, 1986.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts 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 MA001030
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