Seventh Regiment Monument, (sculpture).

Seventh Regiment Monument, (sculpture).

Goddard, S. M., sculptor.

Eisen, Theodore, architect.

Hunt, Sumner, architect.

Goddard & Kilpatrick, architectural firm.

Pacific Marble and Granite, fabricator.

Seventh Regiment Monument, (sculpture).

Spanish-American War Memorial, (sculpture).

1900. Dedicated May 30, 1900.

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Sculpture: Vermont granite; Base: California granite.

Sculpture: approx. 6 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 6 ft. 10 in. x 5 ft. 10 in. x 5 ft.

(On front of base:) 7th Cal. Inf. U.S.V. (name and rank, company and date of death of twenty soldiers who died)/Our Dead They Lie in Scattered Graves/These Silent Heroes of Our Battalions/War With Spain A.D. 1898/ (On right side of base: name, company, and date of death of Herman H. I.) unsigned

A soldier stands holding a rifle barrel in front of him with both hands, proper left hand over proper right. The butt of the rifle rests on the ground in front of the soldier's proper right foot. The soldier is dressed in military attire. He stands atop a tiered base.

History -- United States -- Spanish American War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Object -- Weapon -- Gun

Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles

Administered by City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department, Public Art Division, 433 South Spring Street, 10th floor, Los Angeles, California 90013

Located Pershing Square, Bounded by 5th, Hill, 6th, and Olive, Los Angeles, California

The monument is the oldest public sculpture in Los Angeles. The Monument Committee of the Chamber of Commerce selected S. M. Goddard of Goddard & Kilpatrick to design the sculpture as a memorial to the twenty-one Seventh Regiment men from southern California who died while stationed at The Presidio in San Francisco during the Spanish-American War. Theodore Eisen and Sumner Hunt were the supervising architects for the installation of the monument. The base was crated by the Pacific Marble and Granite Company. $3,000 to fund the project was raised by an exhibition drill given by the Seventh Regiment while in camp at Agricultural Park on Thanksgiving 1898. The monument was originally located in the northeast corner of the park and has been relocated within the park several times, prior to its current setting. Originally, the base was twice as tall. Sections of that base were removed, including a section inscribed "Everlasting Remembrances." IAS files include articles from Los Angeles Times dated May 31, 1900, and Los Angeles Evening Express dated May 13, 1899 and Nov. 13, 1899. The monument has been declared a "Historic Cultural Monument (no. 480)" by the Los Angeles City Cultural Heritage Commission. The U.S.C. Regional History Center and Los Angeles Public Library have photographs of the original monument.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994.

Glenn Wharton and Associates, Inc., 1998.

SOS Conservation Treatment Award, 2001.

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