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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Greenamyer, George,     Lingeman, Thomas,     Finkbeiner, Pettis & Strout,     Occupation -- Service     Architecture -- Commercial     Disaster -- Fire     Figure group     Object -- Other     Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Toledo     Sculpture

Fire Station No. 13, (sculpture). Artist:  Greenamyer, George, 1939- , sculptor. Lingeman, Thomas, assistant. Finkbeiner, Pettis & Strout, engineering firm. Title:  Fire Station No. 13, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated June 29, 1987. Reinstalled Dec. 1991. Medium:  Figures: painted forged steel on steel plate. Wall: Brick with limestone cap; Circular pedestal: cast steel. Dimensions:  3 parts. Fireman groups each: approx. 19 in. x 6 ft. x 12 in.; Wall bases each: approx. 5 ft. 7 1/2 in. x 6 ft. x 12 in.Burning building: approx. 4 ft. x 12 in. x 12 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  A brightly painted sculpture composed of two groups of firefighters, atop brick walls. Each figure group consists of five firemen, hose in hand, rushing towards the burning building in the center. There is a yellow fire hydrant behind each group. The burning building sits atop a cylindrical steel pedestal. Subject:  Occupation -- Service -- Fireman Architecture -- Commercial -- Office Building Disaster -- Fire Figure group Object -- Other -- Hydrant Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Toledo Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Toledo, Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, 2201 Ottawa Parkway Drive, Toledo, Ohio 43606 Located Fire Station #13, Front Street & Consaul Street, Lawn, Toledo, Ohio Remarks:  The piece was funded by the City of Toledo's Percent for Art Program. It was temporarily stored while the street was widened between 1989 and 1991. It was reinstalled per the artist's original instructions in 1991. See IAS files for color photocopy of the work. Inscription on a nearby cast bronze plaque reads: "Fire Station No. 13"/by/George Greenamyer/FUNDED BY/THE CITY OF TOLEDO, 1% FOR ART PROGRAM/ADMINISTERED BY/THE ARTS COMMISSION OF GREATER TOLEDO/AND/WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE FOLLOWING/BIRMINGHAM NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION/JAMES BROUGH/CITY OF TOLEDO/DIVISION OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERING/CITY OF TOLEDO/DIVISION OF MAINTENANCE & PUBLIC BUILDING/EAST TOLEDO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS/FIREFIGHTERS OF FIRE STATION NO. 13/GEORGE GYURKO/KUHLMAN CORPORATION/THOMAS LINGEMAN/TONY PACKO'S/Dedicated June 29, 1987. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Toledo survey, 1992. 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 OH000020   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture OH000020 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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